My husband, Joe came up with this idea. Fruit fresh from the farmer’s market was sitting on the kitchen counter – ripe figs and rich, red grapes – next to some Bartlett pears from my parents’ tree. He said matter of factly, “you should... 
These are Elsie Frye rhododendron flowers, from a shrub that grew for a time in the Fairfax garden. It was right after the rain, in the bright, late morning light. After the daffodils, these were the first to bloom in the spring in that garden. They are faintly... 
This dahlia is from Mike and Julie’s garden where the Zin vines I’ve painted grow. All the Browns were at their place for a barbeque one day in the late summer of 2008. The low evening light on this flower caught my eye. This painting swam in my... 
Shop Archival Prints A visit back to my neighbor Jen’s persimmon tree the fall of 2008 was a bright sunny day. I arrived none to soon. The birds had started to help themselves to the ripe persimmons – many of them were half-eaten. Persimmon Rain had been... 
Stone fruit are a favorite – to eat and to paint. I’d already painted peaches and apricots. Now for some cherries on the tree to paint. My friend Brenda called to tell me that people were flocking to the self-pick orchards in Brentwood, near where she... 