Pond Patterns Lilypads

22x30 watercolor on Saunders 300 lb cold press paper from photos of lilypads in a neighbouring town.  I have reglazed some areas and enhanced others that needed attention as this one was started awhile back and not completed to my satisfaction.  Look closely and you can see a few insects buzzing around the flowers.

Porky Pig

22x15 acrylic and ink over a failed watercolor of watermelons that just did not work well.  This pig is a few years old.  I took some of the lemon shapes in the fruit still life and made pig rears as you can see in the background, and also did negative painting where needed. The hardest part was his large head as I wanted some of the watermelon to show yet needed basically one color in the shape.  On the farm, we used to feed the pigs watermelon so this just fit the bill.

Southwest Icons

22x15 watercolor full of cactus motifs, imagined symbols, and blazing colors of the desert portrayed on 140 lb hot press paper in a sunset landscape.  Just leaving New Mexico today to return to Texas I always feel I've left a little bit behind.

Beached Whales

10x14 watercolor on gessoed acid free matboard done a few months ago; this was from a WetCanvas! weekend drawing event challenge. I realized it had not been posted here.  Courtesy reference with permission of 4 women having a good time at the seashore.  Painted within 2 hours.

Beach Babe

18x24 on Canson Montval 140 lb cold press block from one of the children photographed years ago on one of my Puerto Rican trips; photo was in black and white so all color is imaginary. Last night I began this painting but have had her drawn for quite awhile, then finished up this morning.

Fur Baby

11x14 acrylic and watercolor on 140 lb cold press watercolor paper. Black acrylic was applied first to my pencil drawing, let dry, then went in with dilute washes of paint.

Paris Hilton Cupcake - collage

10 x10 torn paper collage on wrapped canvas, a daily work of art from my New Mexico studio, using magazine pages, advertisements, and various papers.