I met Joan and Scott Brown at an art festival in La Jolla. They really loved Southside Lily Pond, but the space in their home needed two pieces of art side by side. Could paint a companion piece for it? I said, yes, sure! – not realizing that I was headed for a... 
This painting filled a craving. The previous painting had the moody colors of a lily pond. My insides called out to paint with sunshine. My brush water was the most gorgeous peachy orange color – it looked like fruity tropical nectar. This painting reminds me... 
Shop Archival Prints On the first trip that Joe and I took to Kauai we stayed in a place called “Manualoha,” which translates from Hawaiian as either “lovebird” or “parrot.” “Parrot,” I read on one web site, because... 
Ginger and Snoopy were the beloved pet-kids of my good friends Pamela and Gerry. Pamela has been one of the biggest supporters and fans of the artwork coming through me. Part of this was asking me to paint their dachsies for Gerry – and for both of them to... 
Late in the summer of 2009 I visited Mike’s yard to see what his zinfandel grapes were like when they were nearly ripe. BJ and I climbed all over his hill in the evening light, having to climb under the netting draped over them – more sugar in the grapes... 