Distance

Pie Anyone?

Grandma's Grape Jelly

Cornwall Sail

Candy Cane Surprise

Yes, I'm in the Christmas mood...

Christmas Tree

La petite mort

Little Tree

Apple and Pear

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
~ William Arthur Ward

Flitter Flutter

Yellow Corner

"Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it." - Julia Child

Lost

Winter Tree

Mom's Kitchen

I'm going home tomorrow...the road has been long and hard and I can't wait to set my feet in Utah again. I've missed the mountains most of all. 

I just want to sit by a large window with a paintbrush in hand and just create something that stirs the soul.

I heard it snowed today.  I can't wait.

The Lighthouse

Blue 23

Happy Birthday

Bluebird

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. ~Pablo Picasso

Blue Hydrangea

Drinks, Anyone?

The Glow

Maui Horizon

Quiet Morning

Another Painting...

I woke up to another beautiful day.  In the harbor, right by my window, sits a very large cruise ship.  (Something that I would like to go on sometime in my life, although my perpetual suffering of motion sickness, from  any kind of movement, might hinder that goal).  In any case, what a nice subject to paint.

Hope the passengers enjoy their day is paradise.

Follow Your Dreams

A painting I did for a sweet little girl...

Mauna Kahalawai

Waiting

Finding Inspiration

The sun is shining so bright outside.  Right now I'm sitting in a hotel in Hawaii while my husband is taking care of the last few things before we move again to another state.

I should be happy, as the hotel sits right on the ocean.  The slate blue waters crash against the black lava rocks.  A perfect scene for another ocean painting.  After all, the ocean has many moods...and it's constant changing appearance can fill a thousand canvases.

But I miss Utah.  I've grown to love it during the time my husband and I spent scoping out the town to see if this is a place for us.  The mountains are breathtaking, different than Hawaii's lush, tree-covered mountains, but, certainly, no less spectacular.  I could paint them for days.

Hawaii is far too expensive...despite the memories of us meeting here, marrying, and starting a family.  Perhaps it will become a annual family destination...a week in paradise.  We've been lucky to experience it as long as we have, but it's time to move on and see what else is out there...what other beauty will fill my eyes and my paintings.

There is a line in the preview for the new film "The Hobbit" that sticks in my mind:  "Home is behind you, but the world is in front of you."  Despite the fear of what the future holds, life is an adventure.  Enjoy it.

Bell Peppers

Hot Hot

Jellyfish Study

Blackbird Symphony

Morning Bouquet

 

My husband surprised me with these flowers.  I love when I have a reason to use my grandmother's blue glass vase.  It's like she's having tea with me.  She would have loved the flowers too.

Grandpa's Cabin

Autumn Splendor

Morning Light

For a while, I was fortunate enough to live in Hawaii.  Many of my previous paintings were mostly seascapes.  Now I am obsessed with mountains.

Daddy's Girl

Those daddy-daughter times...I remember taking longs walks with my dad.  He would teach me all about nature, animals, birds...so many things.  I miss those times.