Flower Girl

She sold flowers at the local street market,
that she grew with her Mother in their little backyard garden.

8" x 8" acrylic on canvas panel

For sale on DPW auction 

Wildlife and Wildflowers

I am trying out my new pochade box (top) made by a Montana artist and woodworker.
I used it to paint the watercolor of sweetpeas (below).
These are a few photos of the wonderful wildflowers that grow in the alpine meadows.
I was able to capture a few shots of a grizzly bear digging for eats,
and female elk herd lounging at sunset.
Although I also saw foxes and a moose, couldn't get pictures of them.

Wild Sweetpeas

Watercolor and Pen and Ink sketch
of a pretty  little creek where I was camping. 
Bright pink, white and pale pink wild sweetpeas
grew along its rocky banks.
I painted this on watercolor paper
and sent it as a card to my mom.

NFS

Roadtrip - 1st Leg: Yellowstone and Grand Canyon

Rest not! Life is sweeping by; 
go dare before you die.  
Something mighty and sublime, 
leave behind to conquer time. 
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

For the first leg of my yearly roadtrip, I took my granddaughter
to two places she wanted to visit:
Yellowstone (top photos) and Grand Canyon (bottom) National Parks.
These are a few photos I took of each park,
placed in a collage for ease of posting.

Will be leaving on my summer road trip tomorrow (June 17). I will keep in touch with both my blog and DPW Gallery with my phone. Paintings are still available for purchase and will be shipped to be received within a week to ten days of receipt of payment through paypal. Hope you all, artist friends and patrons, have a nice summer.

Memories

Collage of the memories series.

Big Wheel

He could burn up the sidewalk on his Big Wheel
with his batman cape flying behind him.
5th in childhood memories series.

6" x 6" acrylic on canvas panel

for sale on DPW auction

Her Silver Flute

The 4th in the series on the memories of my children.
She played the flute and her music was magical.

6" x 6" acrylic on canvas panel

for sale on DPW auction

Snuggling With a New Friend

The 3rd in a series
painted from memories of my children's lives.
One of my daughters had a white lop eared rabbit,
she named snuggles.

6" x 6" acrylic on canvas panel

for sale on DPW auction

Flower Child

 Every child  loves flowers.
She will make daisy chains for her hair,
and pick dandelions and lawn daisies,
and bring her mom bouquets
gathered from where ever she found them.

6" x 6" acrylic on canvas panel

for sale on DPW auction 

BFF

When my oldest daughter was a child she loved animals. She had a white cat
that she loved very much. I am sure if the saying was popular then,
she would have said she was her Best Friend Forever.

6" x 6" acrylic on canvas panel

for sale on DPW auction

Peacock

Painted for DPW Peacock challenge
from a photo provided.
The challnge for me, was to change the background
and render the peacock in a whole new light.

6" x 6" acrylic on canvas panel

$35.