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... 
One bright summer day, as I headed out to our side yard to dump the compost bucket, the color of these Rugosa Roses grabbed my eye. I ran back out with my camera and hopped up on the rock wall to capture the flowers. Honey bees had come flying around – such... 
Another large painting! These Graham Thomas roses grow in the same garden as the persimmons I’ve paintied. I was in our Fairfax neighbor Jen’s garden down the street late in the afternoon one day in early this summer to take photos of her Queen Anne... 
Here’s my first attempt to go big. It is my second painting of my brother Mike’s zinfandel grapes . Mid-Summer Zin, my first, was a hard act to follow. At the time I painted this, it was a huge stretch And I worked on it fiercely to get it done in time... 
When Joe and I go to Kauai, I take walking trips around Poipu with my camera, hunting for painting subjects. These waterlilies are in a resort garden. This image intrigues me because of the various elements it represents — below the water, above the water and... 