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Basho's Butterfly
This painting is all about the moment of wonder when you see a butterfly land on a flower to drink the nectar of the blossom. This is also in honor of the great Matsuo Basho, a poet who composed many haiku about his encounters with butterflies. The butterfly in this painting is an Asian Swallowtail.
Basho's Butterfly
Framed Original Watercolor
$1500
$1500
Fine Art Giclée Print
$50
$50
Giclées are printed on Cold Press Bright White paper; 310g, water-resistant, and made from 100% cotton fiber, acid and lignin free.
Basho's Butterfly
Watercolor on Paper 12" x 12"
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Royal Court
This painting is in tribute to the millions of monarch butterflies that make the journey to Mexico each November. They overwinter in the oyamel fir forests found in the mountains of central Mexico. The butterflies hang from the fir branches, covering the trees in great living canopies of orange and yellow wings.
Royal Court
Framed Original Watercolor
$1500
$1500
Fine Art Giclée Print
$50
$50
Giclées are printed on Cold Press Bright White paper; 310g, water-resistant, and made from 100% cotton fiber, acid and lignin free.
Royal Court
Watercolor on Paper 10" x 10"
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Peaceful Cooperation
This is a painting of the lovely monarch butterfly, Princess Buttercup. She was raised from a caterpillar, and blossomed into this fine young woman. After emerging from the chrysalis, she stayed with us for some days. She drank the nectar of flowers, charged up with energy from the sun, and exercised her wings. Then one afternoon she lifted off on a gentle breeze, and flew south for the winter.
Peaceful Cooperation
Framed Original Watercolor
$1500
$1500
Fine Art Giclée Print
$55
$55
Giclées are printed on Cold Press Bright White paper; 310g, water-resistant, and made from 100% cotton fiber, acid and lignin free.
Peaceful Cooperation
Watercolor/24k Gold Leaf on Paper 14" x 10"
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A Horse Appears
This painting is of a wild horse in a verdant land. The horse is running through open land that is rich with grasses. I painted the horse first and then painted the land around the horse from my imagination. The waterfall, rocks, and hills are lit by soft dawn light.
A Horse Appears
Framed Original Watercolor
$1500
$1500
Fine Art Giclée Print
$55
$55
Giclées are printed on Cold Press Bright White paper; 310g, water-resistant, and made from 100% cotton fiber, acid and lignin free.
A Horse Appears
Watercolor/24k Gold Leaf on Paper 14" x 11"
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Horse in the Winter Wild
This was a commissioned piece that is the third painting in a triptych. The collector had a specific vision in mind, a wild horse emerging from a snow bank, with an explosion of snow below him. She wanted the horse to have strength, movement, and spirit. I used a combination of watercolors and sumi ink for this painting; the sky and trees and rocks are sumi ink, and the horse and snow and plants are painted with watercolor.
Horse in the Winter Wild
Fine Art Giclée Print
$55
$55
Horse in the Winter Wild
Watercolor on Paper 14" x 11"
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Swim Me to the Moon
This painting was commissioned by a collector, as part of a triptych that started with my painting “Grace Snows”. She envisioned a continuation of that scene, a night sky with snow falling, with koi swimming in a pond and the full moon above them. I used sumi ink for the night sky and the trees and rocks, and watercolor for the koi, water, and the plants.
Swim Me to the Moon
Fine Art Giclée Print
$55
$55
Swim Me to the Moon
Watercolor on Paper 14" x 11"
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Grace Snows
This is a painting I made as a gift to my dear friend Crane on his 80th birthday. Crane is a most elegant, gracious, heart-felt, and exemplary human being. As I painted it for him I listened to him singing opera, and let his voice and the music flow into the painting.
Grace Snows
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$55
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Grace Snows
Watercolor on Paper 14" x 11"
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Wisdom
How would you like to be like an owl? The more the light shines on you, the less you see. I lived in a cabin in the woods of west Sonoma County. Owls lived in those woods too. On our back deck we had a fountain with a light that shone up through a waterfall. A pair of owls visited that fountain many nights. They would perch on the sloped roof above the fountain. It was an honor to have them there, and a wonder to see them.
Wisdom
Framed Original Watercolor
$4,600
$4,600
Framing
Wisdom is painted on sheer silk and floated off the back of the frame. The frame is constructed of spalted maple, blue mahoe, and lavinia burl with sterling silver hardware. Decorative paper backs the painting.
Check out my Framing Methods and Materials page to get a sense of my approach. Please contact me if you have further questions.
Fine Art Giclée Print
$110
$110
Wisdom
Watercolor on Silk 28" x 12"
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Wanderer in Touch
A red-crowned crane lands on remote snowy shores by the light of the early morning. This painting is all about the motion of the crane’s wings as he expertly makes a landing, breaking his speed to alight gently upon the snow. I switched to landscape dimensions to give the crane room to make the landing, and because I wanted to feature the bird strongly in the foreground.
Wanderer in Touch
Framed Original Watercolor
$950
$950
Fine Art Giclée Print
$57
$57
Giclées are printed on Cold Press Bright White paper; 310g, water-resistant, and made from 100% cotton fiber, acid and lignin free.
Wanderer in Touch
Watercolor 8" x 18"
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Respite
I have a particular fondness for swallows. I had a recording of "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde when I was a child. The imagery of far off lands described in the story, and the love and dedication that the swallow demonstrated to the prince was inspiring and an example of how I felt the world should be. It was as if the swallow were the incarnation of love.
Respite
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$45
$45
Respite
Watercolor on Paper 6" x 18"
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Native Gaze
One day I began a sketch of a bobcat, drawing from my memory of seeing one a few years before. As I was drawing I wished that I could see one again, so that I could really get the feeling of the cat. Later that morning as I was driving down my driveway a bib bobcat crossed the road and ran up the hill. I stopped the car to get a good look at him, and he stopped and looked directly at me. It was a thrilling moment. Now I could begin the painting. During the time that I was working on this painting the bobcat took to hunting in the apple orchard outside my window. I would see him almost every day. The day that I finished the painting I met the bobcat in the same spot on the driveway, and we looked at each other again. After that I never saw the bobcat on the property again. It was a mysterious and wonderful experience, and this painting was inspired and informed by the beauty and spirit of the bobcat.
Native Gaze
Framed Original Watercolor
$1,500
$1,500
Fine Art Giclée Print
$80
$80
Native Gaze
Watercolor on Silk 13.5" x 16"
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Merlin
I really got into birdwatching when I lived in Bodega Bay, a seaside town right on the migratory trail of a great variety of birds. I took long walks on the beach and around the wetlands, binoculars in hand, and had great “oh, look!” moments. One day I saw a falcon fly overhead that I didn’t recognize, I later found out it was a Merlin. Such a beautiful bird had to be celebrated, and so this painting came to be.
Merlin
Fine Art Giclée Print
$62
$62
Merlin
Watercolor on Silk 17" x 11"
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Frog's Embrace
This is a painting of a small garden sculpture that caught my eye at a friend's house in Kauai.
Frog's Embrace
Fine Art Giclée Print
$50
$50
Frog's Embrace
Watercolor on Paper 14" x 11"
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Take A Lap
This scene is viewed from outside the reef of Lion’s Lap on the island of Naitauba in Fiji. The point that is shown is known as “The Tail of the Horse”. The humpback whale is circumnavigating the island. He is “Taking A Lap” at Lion's Lap.
Take A Lap
Fine Art Giclée Print
$55
$55
Giclées are printed on Cold Press Bright White paper; 310g, water-resistant, and made from 100% cotton fiber, acid and lignin free.
Take a Lap
Watercolor 7.5" x 18"
