Rhinoceros Beetle

This is one of the twenty very small paintings I made of Texas insects for the Trinity River Audubon Center here in Dallas.  I'll post a few more as the days go by.

A Pile of Cocoa Pods

This is a commission I recently completed for the world famous Marine Cargo Insurance Agency, Rekerdres and Sons. Yes, that's my husband.  He insures cocoa traveling from all parts of the world, among other things. This painting will hang in a conference room at his office.

What, you never saw a purple cow?

So when I was in the fifth grade, my classroom and teacher were shared with the sixth grade.  That meant that my older brother was in my class.  One day, we were assigned to memorize a poem and be prepared to recite it to the class a few days hence.  I memorized a very long poem (Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) to showcase my amazing powers of memory. I was one of the first to recite and I have to admit, the other kids were probably half asleep when I finished.  Then came my brother, who got up and recited the poem (four short lines) I Never Saw a Purple Cow.  The other kids loved it and he received a lot of applause.  This is what I really mean:  I think sometimes it's more advantageous to be brief and funny rather than serious and intelligent.

Deep Pond

This is an experiment with acrylics which I like so much that I'm going to paint the same scene but on a larger canvas.  The scene is a pool fed by a spring deep in the woods near Johnson, Vermont where I did a month long residency at the Vermont Studio Center.

Reflections on a Pond

Yes, it's been a long time since I posted a painting, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy. This is an experiment with acrylics that turned out to be a lot of fun and very freeing to paint layers of colors without waiting a long time for the previous layer to dry.