Wacky Birdhouses

10x8 watercolor of a grouping of fun birdhouses no real bird would set foot or claw into.
This painting is SOLD.

Murray River

11x15 watercolor of the Murray River, at twilight, located in Australia.  Ref courtesy of WetCanvas image library.  I like how the darkness encloses and envelops the stark trees and setting sun on its water.

White Gold poinsettia

10.5 x 16 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper, Daniel Smith paints, begun on Christmas eve then painted each day through today. A few years ago I bought a large white poinsettia with mottled golden leaves with red splotches and took many photos. The first painting had the large plant with roses behind it and I sold it quickly as a husband's gift to his wife. This is the second painting featuring the white gold leaves and bracts of that lovely specimen. At least in our area I've not seen any more poinsettias as lovely as this was. Happy New Year everybody!

Meltdown

6x4 watercolor of two snowmen slowly going down, down, down under suddenly sunny skies.  This painting is SOLD.

Wild Fuchsia Christmas Ball

10.5 x 8 watercolor begun a few days ago then finished today during the continuous snow.  No one was out shopping so I stayed in the studio and painted.  For this image, I used a large hot pink fuchsia Christmas ornament.  Light reflections are the shapes seen within.  For shapes outside the sphere, I drew a nail polish bottle and let its top rounded edge be seen within the ball.  Lastly I used a rubber stencil stamp to make the curlicue marks for patterns.  Some of these lacy looking areas were imaginary on the polish bottle as seen on far lower right.  Merry Christmas to all of you!

Ice Machine polar bear

6.5 x 7.5 watercolor on gessoed board of a lone polar bear making his way across the frozen tundra.

Wintry Barn

15x22 watercolor painted wet in wet in this imaginary snowy landscape.  This work is SOLD.