"Overlapping leaves"

This painting is available for purchase.

Overlapping leaves is an acrylic painting,  6" x 24" on cradled board. 

the photo below is a close up for detail.  $290.

"Apples & Pears"

This is a painting titled, Apples & Pears. and it is acrylic on cradled board.  In the area where I live there are so many fruit trees, nothing like a juicy, crisp apple to enjoy for a snack. I have included a picture of a close up shot so you can see the details.  It is a 6" x 24" $390.   SOLD 

" 59 Phantom"

This is my rendition of the 1959 Schwinn Phantom.  What a sought after classic.  I didn't own one of these, but a later model.  I have many happy memories of my childhood bike, I'm sure just about everyone does.  It just makes me smile, and takes us back to a simpler time.  Carefree and easy.  This is acrylic on cradled board.  18" x 24"  available for $490.  SOLD

"Puzzled Pitcher"

This acrylic on cradled board with a wood traditional frame, gold leafed, is a mix of modern and traditional styling.  It is a 16" x 20", and is available for $580.

"Bandana Pot"

This pot (vessel) reminded me of the western bandana's that people wear on their heads or use as hankies.  The flowers are my rendition of the Christmas Cactus, with interesting color on the
blossoms.  This will be for sale starting in October at the Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River, Oregon for $580.  It is framed with a traditional dark brown/ black frame with an inner thin gold leaf band.  Acrylic on cradled board,  16" x 20"  SOLD

"Self Watering"

This is a 36" x 36" acrylic on canvas with a silver leaf drip.  It has a

stem that curves around to water itself.  Bright and colorful piece. 

available for $550.

"Floating Orbs"

This is titled "floating orbs" it was a fun experiment and is a bit more contemporary than my usual. The top photo is a close up for more detail. My dear friend Sharon in Hamilton, Montana just loved this piece and asked me if she could hang it in her hair salon (SK Richie Salon) for sale.  Well, long story short, It sold.  Thanks Sharon!

"ROBINS"

This Acrylic painting is another one in this series of three, it is 30" x 30"and titled "Robins".  Painted on cradled board, this has a black and white check on the outside edge.  Attached is an image to show what I mean.  This painting is being shown at the Columbia Art Gallery, in Hood River, Oregon and is $475.  (should have took pictures with my Nikon instead of my iphone) 

"JUNCO"

This Acrylic painting is on cradled board, it is a 12" x 16" and has a brown and white checked border on the spine.  This is somewhat different than my usual style, I did a series of three different birds with a mosaic style.  I dotted the inside of each shape and did my signature stitches.  I just love this little bird, he is so cute and really stands out against the tri colored orange background.  For sale at the Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River, Oregon for   $325.  SOLD 

"Green Hill"

 This little landscape acrylic painting, is on cradled board, it's a 10" x 22".  Titled Green Hill.

Available, $250. shipping is extra.   SOLD

"Joyride Again"

This painting is a 10" x 22" It shows my little airplane flying down the Gorge with the different hills in the background.  I used silverleaf on the windshield, acrylic everywhere else.  This is painted on cradled board.  Available for $290. plus shipping

"Wallpaper"

This painting was done a few years ago, it was appropriately named wallpaper.  It is of random shapes with a combination of colors.  This was a fun experiment, with no focal point or dominate image. 

 SOLD 

"Spyglass"

 This is "Spyglass"  I love bright colorful imagery and this is no exception.  The lower photo
gives you an idea of how I use paint to do dot, upon dot.  Love the stitches outlining the color changes.  This piece is a 40" x 40" acrylic on canvas.  Available for $900.

"Something to Crow About"

This is titled, "Something to Crow About"  It is a 48" x 60"   the lower picture is a close up and gives you  a truer  color.   Available for $2000. plus shipping

Shooting Stars

This is titled "Shooting Stars", my son Hayden, loves to sketch and he is always handing me drawings
to paint. This is one similar to what he did.  I don't have many small paintings, but I am trying to do more.  This is a 10" x 16".  it is painted on cradled board and I left a nice border of the natural wood as a frame, then varnished the whole piece.  available for $195

Many Walks

When I started this painting I had previously only done one human face and I must be honest, I am intimidated by the human figure.  I challenged myself to do as many imaginary profile faces (I like to over and under exaggerate their features) that I could fit onto a canvas.  It was fun to come up with all of the ideas, and truthfully some of them remind me of people that I know.  We are a world full of many different looking people, that's why this is titled, "Many Walks" which is a 16" X 40".  The lower pic is a close up for more detail.  (someday I am going to learn how to use the new camera my husband bought me and my photo's will hopefully be of a clearer, better quality) $475.

Tryptic Ribbon

This painting, titled "Tryptic Ribbon" was the first painting that I did using 3 canvas' that are hung in a row with a spacing of 1 inch or so.  When hung on the wall it was approx. 50" x 40". I enjoyed doing this black, white and gray piece with the  single circle of color in each panel.  I have thought of doing a similar painting or maybe a smaller series, who knows.  It just all comes down to what inspires me when I walk into my studio.  I have included a close up picture for you to see just how small my dots can get....
SOLD

Swirling Leaves

 

This painting is Swirling Leaves.  It is a 48" X 48" The person that owns this is crazy about purple. 

A fun colorful painting.   The lower photo is a close up for you to see detail.    SOLD  

A Bugs Perspective

 

This is a 48" X 48".  I imagined that I was a tiny little bug in the grass looking up at the sky.  I see the sun glowing and there are dandy lion puff seeds floating around (the silver leaf circles) and it is a beautiful clear day and there are blades of grass all around me.  SOLD

 

Waterfall Jumper

This is a fish jumping a waterfall, the body is blue, eye is red, and fins are green.  There is colorful wavy water cascading down and in between each color I have done silver leaf in wavy strips.  It is a 48" X 60".  The close up was taken from an angle looking up at the piece hanging on the wall.  The pearly white dots represent water bubbles. Available for $2000. plus shipping 

Queen for a Day

This lovely lady is dreaming of being a "Queen for a day".   Don't we all wish for our day of pampering and indulgence.  This was my first attempt at doing a human figure (or face) and I wanted to go over the top.  On two sides, (spine) of the canvas in cursive I wrote.     If I'm Dreaming   Don't wake me up

This is acrylic on canvas with silverleaf crown  
SOLD

Patchwork Rain Forest

 This doesn't have my dots or stitches but I Love it all the same.  This painting is a 48" x 60" and It hangs in my Kitchen/Livingroom.  It reminds me of the Pacific Northwest with the enormous rain drops that were done in Silverleaf.  Lots of color blocking and vines moving around on the canvas.
I have included a close up.  Thanks for looking. Available for $3000. plus shipping

Color Me Bright

 Flowers, Love them.... This is something that I did a while ago, an experiment using dots on the
background only and the flower stamen in the middle.  I like doing the painted stitches too, it takes me back to my quilting days.  I still sew, but I don't have much time to do that now that the painting bug has bit.  I have included a close up pic.  Oh, by the way this is a 20" X 60" and its available for $525. plus shipping     SOLD

Blue forget me nots

Flowers are always nice to paint, they are pretty, everyone likes them, and there are so many different
kinds.  This painting has silver leaf applied in stripes, and I chose to only dot the background behind the flowers. This is a 20" x 60" and I've included a close up.      SOLD




                    

Abandoned Line

This is a fictitious place, it's a river canyon on the Washington side near Klickitat and I am looking to the south towards Mt. Hood in the background on the Oregon side.  I imagine it is getting warm out, it's an early summer day,  there is still green vegetation on the hillside and by mid summer all of the weeds and grasses will have dried up.  This trail could be used by deer or even range cows. Available for $850. plus shipping                                                                                                    

Remote Vista

At first glance you might not think of these colorful mounds as a mountain range, they are
very vibrant and not the normal brown and green tones that you are probably use to.  If you haven't
guessed it already, I love lots of color.  In fact, I haven't met a color I didn't like. This is my
interpretation of Mountains along the Columbia River, and a close up picture for more detail. The dimensions are 24"  X 48".    SOLD

Where Old Meets New

This painting was done to show the old landscapes of the river gorge, and the new technology of the
huge wind mill turbines that have been showing up all around the eastern part of the area where I live.  In a way I understand why they are coming to this area, mainly the wind that funnels down the gorge and has the potential to create energy for our modern lives.  In another way It is sad to see less natural landscapes and the hills will be forever changed by this "new" look. As an artist I am just painting and
recording what I see, nothing more.  Thus, My title:  "Where old meets new" available for $600.