Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice  Original Sold  Note Card: $2.50  Holiday Card:  $3.00

Happy Holidays! I used iridescent medium on the snow and the background. You can't see it in the photo, but in real life it is all sparkly!

Another Salamander

Another Salamander

5 x 7

$135 with mat and frame

Third painting in my current salamander series. They are all painted from my photos of local salamanders.

Frog and Water Lily

Frog and Water Lily

8 x 10

Sold

Reference photo by LoBsTeRbig from Flickr

View From Kripalu

View from Kripalu

12.5 x 30

$1595 with mat and frame

Prints available

Kripalu is a wonderful yoga retreat in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires. I was there in October for a class and took many photos of this spectacular view. I took the pictures I used for this painting out of a fourth floor screened window.

Stanclift Cove

Stanclift Cove  11 x 14  $450 with mat and frame  Note Card: $2.50

Stanclift cove is on Lake McDonough, here in Barkhamsted, CT. We live about a mile away from it and spend many hours there every summer. This is the view from near the Braille Trail at Goose Green Beach. I took the reference photo.

Red Eft Salamander

Red Eft Salamander

5 x 7

$135 with mat and frame

One of many salamanders that live near by. The kids and I walk through the woods after the rain to see these lovely creatures. One wet summer day we counted over 300! More salamander paintings to come.

Mountain View

Mountain View  11 x 14  Sold

This is a view from the Adirondacks, somewhere near Saranac Lake. We had a lovely vacation there last month.

Water Lily

Water Lily   8 x 10  Sale:  $149

I painted this from one of many photos I took on Loon Lake in the Adirondacks last month.

Collinsville Axe Factory

Collinsville Axe Factory  14 x 22  Sold

Signed Giclee prints available in 4 sizes
Note Card: $2.50  Post Cards:  $1.00

This Collinsville Axe Factory, on the Farmington River in Collinsville, CT, is a historic landmark of our community. Reference photo by Photos by Vince.

Underwater Treasures

Underwater Treasures 11 x 14  Note Card: $2.50

 

Reference photo for the parrot fish and some of the coral by Richard Ling.

Acacia Tree

Acacia Tree

8 x 10.5  $275 with mat and frame  Note Card: $2.50

I painted this in honor of my daughter whose name is Acacia. Reference photo by Nigel Pilgrim.

Another House Portrait

New Hartford Home

11 x 15

I just finished this commission of a New Hartford, Connecticut home. I'm planning on going back to my underwater series, possibly starting with a Parrot Fish and coral.

First Place Winner!

I got First Place in the New Hartford Art League 5th Annual Juried Show for Magical Sea Turtle!

Magical Sea Turtle

Magical Sea Turtle  8 x 10  $275

Signed 8 x 10 giclee print $55  Note Card: $2.50

Third in Sea Turtle series, and my favorite! Reference photo by Felix Esteban, under the Creative Commons license.

Sea Turtle II

Sea Turtle II

5 x 7

Original Sold

5 x 7 signed giclee print: $29.95

Another Green Sea Turtle. Reference photo by Galen Piehl.

Sea Turtle

Sea Turtle  Signed 8 x 10 giclee print $55  Note Card: $2.50

This is a green sea turtle, also know as Chelonia Mydas. Reference photo by Mathieu.

Bluebird

Bluebird  Note Card: $2.50

Reference photo thanks to Matthew Studebaker.

Loon Lake

Loon Lake II

5 x 7

Sold

This is another painting of Loon Lake in the Adirondacks. It is different for me, as I did not do any drawing except for the loons, which I added later. This is my attempt at a "loose" painting.

Butterfly and Flowers

Butterfly and Flower

8 x 10

Sold

This is a Gulf Fritillary on Lantana. Reference photo by Ken Slade.

Snowy Owl

Snowy Owl   Sold

I started this in October, 2007. She is a female. Reference photo by Jared Hobbs.

Fabulous Fish

My fish! Just finished. Off to Pia's Gallery soon!

The Farmington River Watershed Association is hosting a silent auction and gala on Friday, April 16. Life-size wooden fish will be individually decorated and auctioned off as part of a new outreach program. The folk-art fish will go on display starting in February in the new Pia Sjölin Design Gallery at the Shoppes at Farmington Valley in Canton. Bidders can hook one of their own during the silent auction, which runs from April 1-16, culminating with the gala the evening of April 16. For more information go to www.FRWA.org

Sunset Sail

Sunset Sail

11 x 14

$450 with double mat and frame

I painted this from a photo I took this summer from a whale watching boat off Provincetown in Cape Cod.

Bass Harbor Lighthouse

Bass Harbor Lighthouse
11 x 16 Signed Giclee Print: $95
8.5 x 12 Signed Giclee Print  $75
Note Card: $2.50

Bass Harbor is at the southwestern tip of Mount Desert Island in Maine. The lighthouse was built in 1858. Reference photo by Daniel Rubin.

Another Rooster

Rooster II
8 x 10 Commission

Reference photo by Zhang Yuan. Another commission for my friend. Pond in background.

Rooster

Rooster

8 x 10

2010 commission

Reference photo by key lime pie yumyum. Thanks!

Gregory the Corn Snake

Gregory

5 x 7

Leif will be eight tomorrow and this is his birthday present. He requested it but will be surprised because he didn't think I was going to do it. Gregory is his sweet, 4 1/2 foot corn snake. We got her on Freecycle a year and a half ago.

Montauk Lighthouse at Turtle Cove

Montauk Lighthouse at Turtle Cove

11.5 x 16 Signed Giclee print:  $99
7 x 10 Signed Giclee print:  $49
Note Card: $2.50

I painted this commission for a friend. He took the photo at Turtle Cove in N.Y.