Excited about my latest painting which was inspired by our cactus garden and REM. I enjoyed focusing on the negative space between the cactus petals and thoughts of our Desert Willows, sage, and flowers resting at night after the heat of the afternoon sun.

Hello everyone! It’s been a long time since I posted to my blog, so thought I would catch everyone up. Since last October, I have been learning how to paint using acrylics. It’s been super fun and a lot more relaxing than the detailed work I have been doing with pencil. I still love pencil,…

Over the past couple of months, I have switched focus from pencil to acrylic painting. It’s been a lot of fun, especially painting outside with my Botanical Buds group. Below, I have posted (in order) Fall Asters, Desert Olive, and the Monarch Butterfly. More to come as I keep learning how to not get paint…

I’m pretty lazy at blogging, but I did get around to finally finishing my sister-in-law’s Corvid (Raven) for her birthday. I hope she likes it. I also had my first commissioned work (the Lesser Goldfinch) for which I was paid with a homemade pecan pie. The Lesser Goldfinch and sunflower was requested by my friend…

I’ve been wanting to draw a bird for Alisa for a long time. On a trip to visit her mom in Santa Fe, she came across this super cool bird from the Corvid Family. I really didn’t know anything about Magpies, but I love them now. Their blue and black colors are really similar to…

Finally got our new fancy Epson scanner setup (well, actually Sean set it up) so I was able to post higher quality pics! On my weekly Tuesday morning run with Rhonda through the Crestview neighborhood, we have heard and seen some woodpeckers. We’ve actually nicknamed the street, “Woodpecker Corner”. I like the Red Bellied Woodpecker,…

Visit to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower to draw Maxmillion Sunflowers