starcatcher

30" x 40" oil on aluminum

salmon mountain

24" x 24" oil on galvanized steel

shrimp boat
19 1/2" x 19 1/2" oil on aluminum

April

18" x 24" oil on canvas

apples and oranges

20" x 30" oil on canvas

flight plan

24" x 24" oil on aluminum

lobster pyramid

24" x 36" oil on galvanized steel

sea trout

32 " x 48" oil on aluminum

Little church

12" x 12" oil on aluminum

I painted this for Judd and kay, longtime friends. Kay's mother is buried in the cemetary on a hill that overlooks this sweet old chapel.

We had dinner together last night and I gave them the painting. She told me the story of her mother's service in this chapel, and how they sang a song about coming home at last.

Watchers
24" x 24" oil on aluminum


Here are two pears, witnessing the beautiful salmon moon. They sit between the earth and sky, their backs are to the comfort of the warm room. They are dreaming of the sea.

star wave albacore

24" x 42" oil on aluminum

This painting took a while.... the wave honors japanese wood block prints of the seventeenth century, though Iv'e seen modern works using waves done in this style. It was so much fun to put my tuna here, with his moon halo, hero tuna, happy tuna, flying through the sea.

Sunset

12" x 24" oil on aluminum

Wallflowers gallery

Canby, Oregon

I painted this late last summer on a trip to our beautiful Lincoln city. I was delivering some work to Earthworks gallery there and attending the Robert Gamblin seminar at Sitka. The class was called expressionistic landscape. He called paint " emotions in a tube." I was overwhelmed and didn't want to stop painting at the end of class, so I brought my easel back to my room with me and sat on the ground next to the steps down to the beach. I painted until the sun went down, and still I wanted more. I scratched into the paint. I used colors I had never used before. I gave myself permission.

It was a wonderful experience.

two moon pumpkin

12" x 18" oil on aluminum

Minnesota 9

three star squash

12" x 18" oil on aluminum

Minnesota 8

dessert moon 2

12" x 18" oil on aluminum

Minnesota 7

dessert moon 1

12" x 18" oil on aluminum

Minnesota 6

Orchid moon 2

18" x 24" oil on aluminum

Minnesota 5

Orchid moon 1

18" x 24" oil on aluminum

Minnesota 4

Indigo sky

24" x 36" oil on aluminum

Minnesota 3

Three moon lobster

18" x 48" oil on aluminum

Minnesota 2

I took a commission for a group of paintings for a steak and seafood grill in Minnesota. It has been so fun to get to paint some veggies and fruit in my quilt patterns. Another fun thing is the opportunity to have nine paintings with a single theme, but different subjects.

The only problem has been an unexpectedly impossible deadline...

I'll be able to finish, but just barely, I think. I was begining to think I made a promise I wouldn't be able to keep! After I promised myself I wouldn't do that any more. :)