Nature Inspired

Medium: watercolor on cold press paper.

Size: 14” H x 11.5” W

An experimental piece, inspired by a photograph of a plank of wood with an interesting wood grain pattern. One of my first watercolor paintings. Shown in the 2020 College of Lake County Student Art Show.

Medium: watercolor on cold press paper.

Size: 15” H x 11” W

Inspired by memories of the Aloe Vera plant on my front doorstep during the time I lived in Albuquerque, NM.

Medium: watercolor on hot press watercolor paper

Dimensions: 9” H x 5.5” W

Inspired by images of dried flowers from the Natural History Museum. Selected for the 2022 Juried Student Art Show at the College of Lake County.

inkwash on watercolor paper. 22 Wide x 11 high

Inspired by a print of a Blue Agave plant. This was my final project for a college Drawing class I took during the Spring of 2023.

Medium: watercolor on hot press watercolor paper

Dimensions: 9” H x 5.5” W

Inspired by images of dried flowers from the Natural History Museum. Selected for the 2022 Juried Student Art Show at the College of Lake County.

Watercolor on cold press paper.

As we were walking along the trail, butterfiles flew up all around us and spiraled up and away out of sight. Inspired by a hike through the Mississippi Palisades State Park, July 2021.

Dimensions: 8” H x 5.5” W

Watercolor on cold press paper

Insptired by a view of the Mississippi river from Lock 13. The toothed aspen swayed in a gentle breeze as we watched the boats go through the lock gates along the river.

dimensions: 8” H x 5.5” W

Inspired by a view of the almond and cherry trees in my garden during fall. Painted during the early part of COVID lockdown, when everything was very uncertain.

I ussed this image as my logo on my website and my business cards.

dimensions: 5.5” H x 8” W

Medium: watercolor on cold press paper.

Inspired by the spring blooms on the almond and cherry trees at the bottom of my garden.

Dimensions: 4.5” H x 6.5” W