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Linocut: Stag

Stag 5×4 linocut & watercolor I love family history and genealogy, and one of the benefits of my affinity is that I’ve become the repository

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Mixed Media: Recital

Recital 15×6 Mixed Media collage and paint on Illustration Board SoldIn the same manner as this post and this post, I’ve layered hand-printed and painted

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collage portrait made from torn paper, and watercolors adhered to the collage

Mixed Media: Dream Guardian

Dream Guardian 7×7.25 Mixed Media on Illustration Board A couple decades ago, I made a whole box of hand-carved rubber stamps from erasers. Recently, a

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Watercolor Still Life Painting: Pears & Lemons in the Sun

Pears & Lemons in the Sun 3.5″ x 3.5″ Watercolor on gesso-coated wood block Weekend with the Masters I’ve just returned from Weekend with the

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Cat Portrait in Watercolor – Out of Cat Food?

Did you Just Say “Out-of-Cat-Food”? 11×4 Watercolor on paper Sold I’ve got a couple more tall and skinny warm ups on leftover watercolor paper to

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Mixed Media: Gulf Shore Cottage (watercolor & pastel landscape)

Gulf Shore Cottage 17 x 24 Watercolor & Pastel While in a haze of antibiotics and cold medicine in June, I spotted my open box

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watercolor portrait painting of a girl wearing cat ears

Painting Portraits in Watercolor – Let’s Make a Plan

Experimental Portrait Painted in Watercolor I’ve been playing with long and skinny Watercolor portrait warm-ups in the studio. Have you ever challenged your watercolor portrait

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Watercolor Portrait: Things Are Looking Up

Things Are Looking Up 11×4 Watercolor on paper I’m cleared from Sick Bay, and almost normal. Good health is my new favorite, appreciated, cherished, happy-grateful-dance

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Watercolor Portrait of Mother and Child

Painted in watercolor from a photo snapped a few years ago, while visiting MKH and baby E, when he was getting a little cuddle time

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Taking Delivery of my Takach etching press – and a Monotype

An Introduction to Monotype Printmaking I was introduced to monotype printmaking in 2005. I took a summer class offered by master printmaker James Lorigan at

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Watercolor: Dog Bed Squatter

Dog Bed Squatter 9×7 Watercolor on paperSold When I get in a bit of a rut, or feel like I can’t reign my focus in

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Watercolor: Good Mornin’ Sunshine

Good Mornin’ Sunshine 11×14 Watercolor on paper I just returned from nine days of caring for my grandkids (1 & 3), and after 24 hours

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Monotype & Pastel: Kitchen Counter Sun Dial

Kitchen Counter Sun Dial 18×24 Monotype & Pastel Sold This is the last piece prepared for my Two-Person exhibit at Gale’s Restaurant in Pasadena, CA

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Watercolor Portrait of an Iguana

Got My Third Eye on You 11×4 Watercolor on paper Sold This is the last tall watercolor for awhile. It’s the 8th in a series

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Watercolor: Pssst, are you gonna eat that last French Fry?

Psst, are you gonna eat that last French Fry?11×4 Watercolor on paper SoldThis is the 7th tall&skinny watercolor in the series I’ve painted on leftover

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Watercolor of a Dog: Was that a Leash Jingle?

Was that a Leash Jingle? 11×4 Watercolor on paper This watercolor of a dog is the 6th animal painting in a series [see the line

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Watercolor Portrait: Hello, Buttercup!

Hello, Buttercup! 11×4 Watercolor on paper This watercolor is the 4th in a series of warm ups on long strips of leftover watercolor paper (Fabriano

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Watercolor: Makes You Stronger

Makes You Stronger 11×4 Watercolor on paper My happy-dance twirling continues in the studio, and the gerbil wheels of my rusty creative urges are starting

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drypoint etching of a reclining woman reading a book

Drypoint Etching with Watercolor – Woman Reading a Book

I’ve been looking at my book of etchings and dry points by Anders Zorn(1860-1920), and they always fire me up with skill-craving and work-harder-inspiration. I want

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a view from up above, looking down on a white bowl with two clementines with their stems and leaves intertwined

Watercolor: Clementines for us, Darling?

Watercolor Still Life Painting This watercolor was done for a show a few years ago. I’ve been meaning to set up a similar arrangement with

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Linocut: Thistle

Thistle 4.25×6 Linocut printed on Arches Cover paper, with Akua Mars Black ink and painted with Watercolor After working larger these past few weeks, I

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Watercolor Interior of a Room Full of Books and a Sleeping Dog

Reading Room 30×22 Watercolor and Graphite on Strathmore 500 Plate Bristol paper Sold I started this watercolor portrait of a room full of books and

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Monotype & Pastel: Winter Geraniums

Winter Geraniums 18×24 Monotype with Pastel on Rives BFK paper Back in the 70’s, as soon as the leaves began to turn, my grandparents drove

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Watercolor on Yupo: Blanket Warmer

Painting vs Silk Aquatint? This one is from the archives (Sold, but there’s a matted reproduction of it here.). I’m re-posting it because I like

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Silk Aquatint: Library Cat

Library Cat 4×4 Silk Aquatint on Revere paper Available on Etsy. This is a double-post of sorts; an update on yesterday’s aquatint, after I made

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Making a Silk Aquatint Print Intaglio Style

Silk Aquatint Printmaking Continuing with Aquatint printmaking experiments here, I’ve painted another little plate with a blended 1/5 ratio of white acrylic paint and acrylic

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Silk Aquatint: Dusk

Dusk 6.5 x 5.5 Silk Aquatint with colored pencil on Rives BFK paperAvailable on Etsy.I’m still experimenting with silk aquatint printmaking: different ratios of acrylic

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Watercolors: Floral Valentine’s Wishes

(Watercolors from top left, clockwise: Sabino Fish & Plums 6×8, Sour Green Apples & Wine 9.25×7, He Hung the Moon for Her 6×4.5, Graham Thomas

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Dark Field Monotype with Watercolor – Five More Minutes

My First Monotype Print I think this might be the first or second monotype I ever did – in 2005. Hard to believe my love

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Monotype: First Cup

First Cup 8.5×7 Monotype with watercolor on Arches Hot Press watercolor paper Process shots start at the bottom of this post Available on Etsy. If

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