Highlights for 2024

In 2024 I entered the SFAC California Landscapes show and received 2nd Place for Spring Walk in the Foothills.  This was particularly exciting because it was a show that accepted all mediums. 

I also received an Award of Merit for On the Bayou in the WASH 46th Annual Open Exhibition.

I've added other 2024 paintings to the other pages in this blog.

Signature Membership in California Watercolor Association

 My painting, On the Bayou, was accepted for the 54th National CWA Exhibition.  This was the third painting I've had accepted into a National CWA Exhibition which means that I now have CWA signature status.  It is very nice to achieve this goal.

Last fall I entered the WASH 45th Annual Open Exhibition and received the Images of Light Award for A Few Treasures.

I've also updated the blog to include other recent paintings

Spring 2022 Update

 I haven't updated my blog in awhile, actually a year!  I've only had paintings in two shows in that time.  

In the fall of 2021 I entered 3 paintings in the 43rd Annual WASH Open Show.  End of Season won the Donald and Dorothy Steed Award.

End of Season

Waiting for a Chat

Hot Day in the Valley

  

Most recently I entered the 2022 WASH Members Show and got Best of Show for At the Mission. I also had two other paintings in the show.

At the Mission

Spring in the Park

Mission San Juan Bautista

Recent Shows

I have had paintings in two shows so far in 2021.  

The Smoker was accepted to the 51st National Exhibition of the California Watercolor Association.   The painting is of a gentleman I saw in Cuba.   It was particularly exciting that two of the women I paint with every week (via Zoom in 2020) also had paintings accepted.

The Smoker

I had three paintings accepted to the Sacramento WASH Members Show.  A Summer Hug got an Award of Merit.

A Summer Hug

A Paris Park

Spring

Paintings from Africa

In August 2019 we took a fascinating trip to Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia.  We stayed in lovely camps in national game preserves and saw amazing animals. We have millions of photos and from those I did these few paintings.

2020 WASH Members Show

I'm excited that my painting, Waiting for a Chat, was awarded Best of Show for the 2020 WASH Members Show.

This painting is of the chairs along one of the pathways in Luxembourg Garden in Paris.  I love that these chairs, which can be moved anyway you want, are all over the gardens of Paris.  It is such a friendly way to share these beautiful spaces.  Hopefully, they will be filled with people again soon.

Waiting for a Chat

Two other paintings were accepted for the show.

Lunch in Santa Fe

On the Front Porch

2019 WASH Open Show

I had three paintings accepted to the 2019 WASH Open Show.  Street Show received and Honorable Mention. 

Street Show
Porto, Portugal

Chess in the Park
Luxembourg Gardens

The Baker and her Portrait
Northern Portugal