Artists live for calls like I got on the Monday after Open Studios. Can I come see what paintings of roses you have? she asked. Roses – she wanted roses. She lives in my town, Novato, and was thrilled to find that I’m nearby and that I share her... 
Shop Archival Prints My nibling Leigh, who lives in London, shares my love of beauty—especially in public places where flowers grow. In one of our text exchanges, Leigh sent me photos from a park called Beckenham. Almost as an afterthought came another: Oh, I meant to... 
rose gallery Contact Me For Details Meet Nova’s little sister, Fire. She’s another Broadway rose, captured from an image taken in the garden at our house in Fairfax. After painting a wine box with this image for a Marin Open Studios fundraiser, I found myself wanting... 
Here’s a re-envisioning of a painting I thought I’d always keep for myself. I painted Promise in 2016 as part of keeping a comittment to paint every day that year. I painted it early mornings, late nights, at airport gates, on the beach. It was special.... 
Shop for Archival Prints rose gallery Contact Me For Details It was summer and I just wanted easy, delight-filled painting time. Pink and orange is my favorite color combination. Roses get me more than any other flower. I dove into another view of the opulent bouquet... 
It hardly gets any better than how it felt the day I saw these roses. The first Friday in May, 2021, the artists in our Friday group visted the gardens at Filoli in Woodside, California. Everyone had been vaccinated so we could be in person for the first time since... 