BOTANICAL INSPIRATION
"PERCEPTION'
30" x 24" Unframed / 37" x 30" Framed
Transparent watercolor painted on Arches 300 lb. cold press cotton paper.
Inspired by The Missouri Botanical Gardens, this painting takes a plain white lily and a simple green leaf and shifts the color palette to create a bright and dynamic "perception of reality".
Honorable Mention Award
8th Color
2024 Intl. Juried Competition
Teravarna Gallery
"BURMESE ORCHID"
10" x 8" unframed
Transparent watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold press cotton
Inspired by the Burmese Orchids grown at The National Botanical Garden in Washington, D.C.
"LADIES IN RED'
23.5" x 18.5" unframed
30" x 24.5" framed
Transparent watercolor on 300 lb. Arches cold press cotton.
Inspired by the pots of tulips displayed at Filoli Historic House, Woodside, CA
"MANDELA'S GOLD STRELIZIA'
11" x 14" framed
Transparent watercolor painted on Arches 140 lb. cold press cotton
Inspired by the Strelizia specially bred and grown in honor of Nelson Mandela at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, So, Africa
'PRIMA DONNA'
30" x 20" unframed
38" x 28" framed
Transparent watercolor on Arches 300 lb. cold press cotton
Inspired by the Gloxinias grown at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
"SEASONAL CONFUSION'
15" x 16.5" framed
Transparent watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold press cotton
Inspired by the change of seasons at Lake Tahoe, California
Croatian Demijohn 2
"CROATIAN DEMIJOHN 2"
16" x 20" unframed
Transparent watercolor on Arches Natural 140 lb. cotton cold press paper.
Inspired by the village of Portale, Croatia
LANDSCAPES & STILL LIFE
"CLIFTON"
20"x 10" unframed
26" c 16" framed
Transparent watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold press cotton
Inspired by the Irish countryside in Clifton, Republic of Ireland.
"CROATIAN DEMIJOHN"
Transparent watercolor on Arches 140 lb.
cold press cotton
Inspired by the demijohn bottles set on the half walls of the houses in Portale, Croatia.
This piece is a study for the larger "Croatian Demijohn 2".
"CROATIAN DEMIJOHN 2"
16" x 20" unframed
Transparent watercolor on Arches Natural 140 lb. cotton cold press paper.
Inspired by the village of Portale, Croatia
"FAMINE COTTAGE"
20" x 25" framed
Transparent watercolor on Arches 140 lb.
cold press cotton
Inspired by the 'famine cottages' preserved as historical landmarks throughout the Republic of Ireland.
This cottage is from the Gap of Dunlow.
"LA LANTERNA"
30" X 39" framed
Transparent watercolor on Arches 300 lb. cold press cotton
One of four paintings of Riomaggiore in Cinque Terre, Italy. This painting features the little La Laterna trattoria and the may lanterns in the piazza.
"SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS"
20" x 26" framed
Transparent watercolor on Arches 140 lb.
cold press cotton
Inspired by the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO as well as the American Flag of 1812 flown over Ft. McHenry in Baltimore, Md.
This painting is a composite of four different views of the arch transposed by the Ft. McHenry flag. It was painted for a juried competition of the Silicon Valley Watercolor Society
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