Pewter Roses 

         9 x 12"   Oil on canvas  

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                                                                             $125

This piece has has been a challenge as well as a pleasure to paint. Started as an experiment with a black and white photo, the idea was to produce a loose, easy piece in gentle pastel colors. Not how it ended up! It feels as much like a colored photograph or drawing as a painting, and is, well, mostly grey. Gray is not a color I naturally turn to, and mixing all the colors down to their lowest shade was a bit of an effort. But it felt right, and it felt as though I should just keep going to the finish. 

This piece begs for a frame, in my opinion, but it is painted on all sides and could be hung up on the wall just as it is. I am happy to put a wire on back.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at th Daily Paintworks. And as always, thanks for looking!

Afternoon Tea

14 x 11"   Oil on canvas

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sold

What can be more pleasant than afternoon tea? To sit and dream, or read perhaps, or just think about all the lovely flowers coming out of the garden.



This piece is painted around the edges of the canvas -  it can be framed, or hung up just as it is. I am happy to put a wire on the back.










To see more of my work, please visit my  Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. And as always, thank you for looking!

Having Faith

20 x 16 x 1.5"

Oil on Gallery-wrapped Canvas

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starting bid: $295

This is an imaginary still life, a little bit abstract, a little bit real, each flower a little study of color, shape and feeling. It was started during a difficult period of my life, a way to give me hope and help me connect to my inner happiness - and so it did. The hours I spent creating, changing and getting each little thing "just so" were what kept me going, kept me having faith in the light. Life is so much brighter now, and looking at this painting always reminds me of the power that art brings to the spirit.


Painted on a gallery-wrapped canvas the picture extends to all sides of the canvas. Framing is optional -  the painting is meant to hang flush against the wall, but you might like to add a frame.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. Thanks for looking!

"Two Beauties"

16 x 12"  Acrylic on canvas

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$99

These two beauties bloomed at the same time, and stood side by side, just asking to be painted. The peonies were anticipated, but the amaryllis was a surprise. Advertised as an orange amaryllis, it failed to bloom last year, and got put outside and forgotten. Imagine my surprise when I saw it start to bloom this year. Was it really orange? Ww-ell, maybe. Sorta. But beautiful none the less, and how nicely it contrasted with the peony. A still life waiting to happen!

This painting is painted on all sides of the canvas. You could frame it up, but you could also hang it up, just as it is. (I am happy to put a wire on the back.)

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. Thanks for looking!

Modern Tulips
12 x 12  x 1.5 "
Oil on Gallery-wrapped canvas

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sold

Why call it "Modern Tulips”?  Like many of my paintings, this piece started much different than it ended up! Originally, it was supposed to be a traditional piece, some tulips in a vase. But it soon became a study of how the colors work together - the darks and lights, cool colors next to warm ones, how the eye moves around the painting, and the texture of the painting surface itself. The style of the painting became as important as the subject it portrayed, and thus its title.

Painted on gallery wrapped canvas, the picture continues on all sides. It is meant to hang flush against the wall and does not need framing. 

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at the Daily Paintworks.  Thanks for looking!

Rose Parade

16” x 20”  oil on canvas

The Daily Paintworks  $ 400

When I went out to the yard to collect some flowers for a still life, this is what I found - red roses in abundance. The irises had finished their show, the peonies not yet begun. But there were roses, a parade of them, mostly in red, each more magnificent than the last! 


This piece is painted on gallery wrapped canvas (1.5”); the picture continues on all sides. It hangs flush against the wall and does not need framing. 

And here's a close up of some of the different roses...

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at the Daily Paintworks.  Thanks for looking!

Daffodils at Night

9” x 12”  acrylic on canvas

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$85

I wanted to paint a simple piece with big bold colors. Starting from real life with real flowers, this piece took off into the land of imagination - daffodils in front of a window in some city, late at night.

This piece is painted on gallery wrapped canvas (1.5” deep), the picture continues on all sides. It hangs flush against the wall and does not need framing, but you can if you like.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at the Daily Paintworks.  If you follow the link, you can see how it would look. Thanks for looking!

Fruit ’n’ Flowers

11” x 14”   oil

The Daily Paintworks   $110

A simple winter still life, composed of fruit in season and flowers from the store. Put those flowers in an old jar on a kitchen towel, back them up against a coat hanging from a chair, and voila! Instant still life.

This piece is painted on all sides of the canvas. It can be framed, but you could hang it up, just as it is.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. Thanks for looking!

Bright Flowers

oil on gallery-wrapped canvas

11 x 14 x 1.5

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  nfs

Winter weather calls for some bright color to balance the grey out. I saw some flowers at the farmers market that were an incredible magenta pink, and thought it would be the perfect painting challenge - to match that color and compliment it. Inspiration comes from everywhere, the landscape, a still life set up, a brief encounter with something or someone, but also the imagination. Imagination is one of the wonderful conditions of being human.

This piece is painted on all sides of a gallery-wrapped (or box) canvas. No need to frame it (but of course you could), it hangs flush against the wall and is ready to hang.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at the Daily Paintworks, or visit me on Facebook at one of the many pages dedicated to flower paintings and still lifes. Thanks for looking!