New Year's Day at the Lake,landscape,oil on canvas,8x10,price$400

This is our lake Whatcom in Winter.

Bright Flowers on a Cloudy Day,still life,oil on canvas,11x14,priceNFS

Happy New Year.

December Lemons,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

Lemons on a purple background.

Mutual Welcome,figure,oil on canvas,10x8,price$400

This is a painting I did of a friend in a Victorian dress with a kitty.

New Years Persimmons,still life,oil on canvas,8x8,price$250

My son brought home a bag of persimmons the other evening. They are my models today.

Holly Days,still life,oil on linen,8x10,price$200

Happy Holly Days. This image of my painting was taken indoors so the color is a little off.

Santa,portrait,oil on canvas,17x14,price$100

Santa had a long busy night.

Red Christmas Ornaments,still life,oil on canvas,5x7,price$100

Merry Christmas to all.

December Violets,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$100

The violets that I received back in the Summer bloomed again just in time for Christmas.

Christmas Poinsettia in Pot,still life,oil on cANVAS,8X8,PRICE$250

I painted this plant two days ago. The poinsettia was to be a gift to one of my friends. The spot light was to near the top flowers and they had burned. So now I know to keep the light a nice distance from my plants.

Satsumas in December,still life,oil on canvas,8x8,price$250

This is today's new painting fresh from our local market. I asked the check out lady not to bag them so that the leaves would stay on. I told her I was going to paint them.

Satsuma Oranges for Christmas,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

Here is a painting of Satsuma Mandarin oranges for Christmas.

Cyclamen,still life,oil on canvas,8x8,priceNFS

A December cyclamen plant in the sun.

Three Mandarin Oranges,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

Another painting of mandarin oranges.

Mandarin oranges,still life,oil on canvas,8x8,price$350

Today's painting is of mandarines.

Mt. Baker from Ferndale,landscape,oil pastel,9x12,priceNFS

This is a winter view of Mt. Baker from north of us in Ferndale.

Sunset Sailing,seascape,oil on canvas,12x9,price$350

Another sail boat painting. This one at sunset.

Gloria's Grapes,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,priceNFS

This is a sold painting.

Bunch of Grapes,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

This is today's painting of a bunch of grapes. What color would you call these? Tomorrow I go to Seattle for lunch with the Women Painters of Washington group that I am a member of since 2009.

Rocks at Larabee,seascape,oil on canvas,10x8,price$300

I need to work on more seascape for I have a ON THE WATER show coming up.Here is today's painting. Top image is taken outside in the cold snow under the gray sky. The lower image is taken inside under the lights.

Quiet Cove,seascape,oil on canvas,9x12,price$550

This is a painting of one of the island coves where a small rowboat was tied.

Persimmons from Tom and Pam,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

This was up earlier in the week but only for a short time. Today I'm busy so I may not get to painting.

Survivor of the Storm,still life,oil on canvas,12x9,price$300

We just had our first snow storm. I painted this still life of roses after our large wind storm back in October. I do see one lone rose covered with snow on my rose bush. It is too cold for me to paint it outside today so I am putting this painting up.

December's Faded Roses,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

I picked the last of the roses before the cold came. SO these poor flowers are a bit sad.

December Grapes,still life,oil on canvas,5x7,price$175

Still no heat in my home. It was 39 degrees at lunch time. Tonight I should have my new boiler/furnace. The mornings have been like camping in the Sierra mountains. The studio is warm and today's painting is of green grapes that I pick up at the store on Tuesday. The top image was taken in the sun. The second image was taken in the shade and is cooler, not the true color.

Persimmon Painting,still life,oil on canvas,5x7,price$200

This is my second painting of these persimmons. I'll put the other painting up this weekend.

Persimmons from Tom & Pam,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

These were persimmons right off of my neighbor's tree. They grow here in the northwest.Tom has to share them with the squirrels.

Earthtone Jars,still life,oil on canvas,8x10,priceNFS

Amaryllis Plant,still life,oil on canvas,9x12,price$400

It's the Season.

Sweet Red Peppers,still life,oil painting,5x7,price$150

I don't think I know what painters block is. Sorry Kat. Today another red and green theme.

Mandarin Oranges,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

Today's painting.Sometimes we eat our models before I get around to painting them. So only three left today. Wow, I found out that the 16 Van Gogh Vodka bottle labels that I worked on Dec.2014-March2015 are out now.See http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/van-gogh-vodka-introduces-bold-new-packaging-for-the-us-market-300342835.html

Green Grapes,Red Background,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price,$200

Keeping with the red and green theme, here is today's grapes on a red background. It is so dark and rainy here I can't take a photo outside today. So this is an indoor image. Today I think I'll go somewhere sunny for the winter.

Three Peppers,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

More red and green.

Two Red Peppers,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

red and green.

Christmas Cactus,still life,oil on canvas,8x10,price$200

Is it too soon for Christmas paintings?

Poppies,still life,oil on canvas,9x12,priceNFS

Evening Alone Chuckanut Drive,seascape,oil on canvas,9x12,priceNFS

My sons and I drove down Chuckanut Drive this morning to see the memorial rock that was put up for my husband by his paragliding friend. My sons were seeing it for the first time.

Red Onions and Garlic,still life,oil painting,6x6,price$200

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.

Drawing of Jena,figure,graphite pencil on paper,24x18,priceNFS

Wishing you all a very happy Thanksgiving.

Docked Fishing Boat. Seascape,oil on canvas,10x8,price$500

This is one of my paintings of an old fishing boat docked down in Anacortes WAashinton just north of the ferries that take you to the Islands.

Bouquet of Roses,still life,oil on canvas,8x10,price$300

Bouquet of Flowers,still life,oil on canvas,12x12,price$375

More Flowers to brighten your day.

Winter Rose,still life,oil on canvas,7x5,price,$175

Another rose painting.

Yesterdqay's Rosebud,still life,oil painting,7x5.price$175

This is the rosebud that I have been painting for the last couple of days.

Roses in Mint Jelly Jar,still life,oil on canvas,6x6,price$200

Today's painting of some of yesterday's roses in an empty mint jelly jar. Tomorrow I will have 6 painting in a plein air painting show of downtown Bellingham.

Vase of Roses,still life,oil on linen,10x8,price$285

Today I picked these roses on my way down the steps to my studio. I have two images of the same painting. The top images is closer to the real color in today's painting.