Latest 2024/2023 Paintings

2024 Artwork

10 days into April, and 2 daffodils are in bloom. this painting, was created for my art class, using a photo I took last year, with the daffodils in full bloom. Starting with a detailed pen & ink drawing, watercolour was then added.

10 days into April, and 2 daffodils are in bloom. this painting, was created for my art class, using a photo I took last year, with the daffodils in full bloom. Starting with a detailed pen & ink drawing, watercolour was then added.

This is my first art project of 2024 ..... a pet portrait of my granddaughter's best buddy bunny - Hopper - who, unfortunately, is now in bunny heaven. Working from a photo, the drawing started out with a pen & ink drawing, then graphite was added for "colour" and acrylic paint for the eye colour.

This is my first art project of 2024 ..... a pet portrait of my granddaughter's best buddy bunny - Hopper - who, unfortunately, is now in bunny heaven.

Working from a photo,  the drawing started out with a pen & ink drawing, then graphite was added for "colour" and acrylic paint for the eye colour.

2023 Artwork

I came back from a wonderful visit in B.C. visiting my daughter and grandkids, one of whom is a pre-school teacher, as is also her mother.

So I had a lot of fun, painting these 2 projects - from a wall hanging, the length of a bed sheet, to the tiny sizes of the nesting dolls. Both on the theme of B.C. forests. It made a change from my usual artwork, although both were painted using acrylic paint.

Such a lovable  Face

This portrait started with a pen & ink drawing - working from a client's photo. Graphite was added for "colour", then the eyes were painted a pale blue. (hard to see in this scan, I know)

Another art class project for my students, that I just completed. This painting was created from a photo I took of a beautiful bouquet my husband gave me. ... Such a rare event that I had to paint it!  It started with a very, very detailed pen & ink drawing, using the stippling technique, then acrylic was added as  watercolour.

A slow start to the year for paintings,  but keeping busy with art classes. This is one of the student  art projects that I just completeted, along with some of the students.  It was based on a photo I took from a hotel window in Curacao a few years ago. The  Mourning Dove was nesting in a palm tree. The artwork started with a very detailed pen & ink drawing, then raw umber watercolour washes were added to the background. Spot colours of raw sienna, burnt sienna and paynes grey were added to the twigs. Finally, the dove was painted using all of the already mentioned colours.