About Me

I am a mother of four and grandmother of 9 and have been an artist for over 40 years. I started working in pastels and tried oils for a time but prefer acrylics. I have painted on everything from drift wood, rocks, feathers, leaves and of course canvas. I prefer southwestern motiffs but will paint anything.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

wolf collar




eagle collar




cougar collar




Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Indian Girls on Feathers


This is a grouping of painted feathers hanging in a local cafe for sale. This is what I call my gallery.

Little Cowgirl


This is a painting of a young girl in my town and it hangs in a local cafe, for sale.

Monday, April 9, 2007

Cooling Down


This is a painting I finished about 2 weeks ago on an 11x14 board. It was something I wanted to try, with the reflections in the water and the action making the waves on the water, a little harder than I thought it would be, but I am pleased with the results.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Granny,Teddy, and Me for Tea


This is the latest painting I have done, I had gotten an antique frame from my Uncle and it needed just the right subject to frame. This is what I thought was the right subject.

Bear on Feather


This is a bear I painted on a, wild turkey, feather the other day. I use acrylic paint on everything I paint, and painting on a feather takes a little time and a lot of practice.

Saturday, February 24, 2007

A Time to Reflect


I did this picture last night and finished it this morning, it is done in acrylic on a 16 x 20 canvas. This is the kind of paintings I love to do.

Fun in the Mud


This was my first attempt at doing a pencil sketch. I have done sketches for paintings for many years, but never a finished pencil drawing. They are not that easy to do, because I do all my shading when I do the painting. A really new medium for me.

Thursday, February 8, 2007


This is a painting I did in the summer of 2006. It was taken from a photo in an old magazine, I changed the back ground, and changed the amount of kids in it, to get the feeling I was looking for. There just isn't anything better than getting the heart out of a sun warmed mellon, that you picked. The name of this painting is "Country Brunch"
I love to do paintings that tell a story, and in this one you can tell which of the kids do this job often and which is the city cousin.

Saturday, February 3, 2007

First Post



This is my first blog. This is a painting I did for my daughter-in-law for Christmas. It is the first in a series of three.