Columbine Dancing with the Ferns

 While out for a walk, this Spring, the sun hit a bundle of Columbine in the forest. The color sang and I ran for my camera. I didn't realize it at first but the ferns were dancing around the blooms, giving the flowers an even happier feel. 

Columbine Dancing with the Ferns - is a brushed acrylic ink painting on 140 lb. hot press Arches paper. This painting is professionally framed with conservation glass to a final size of 9.25"x18.5". This piece is available at Peculiar Painter in Walker, MN. for $325.00 | 218-547-3729

Evening at Itasca

I'm not sure if it's happy memories of childhood or just the energy that good old trees and water brings but I needed to paint this piece. Itasca State Park holds a special place in my heart. Could it be that the Headwaters of the Mississippi have a healing energy? 

Evening at Itasca is a brushed acrylic ink painting on 140 lb. hot press Arches paper. This painting is professionally framed with conservation glass. Final framed size is 12" x 18" | This piece is available at Peculiar Painter for $395.00 | 218-547-3729

Evening Calm - City Dock *SOld

A couple of years ago, a mother and daughter stopped into my shop. They looked like they were enjoying each others company and savoring the day. As they walked along the sidewalk I snapped a couple of photos...thinking they would be fun to paint. I worked on this piece off and on over a year. Shortly after finishing this piece, a group of people came into the store. They were dressed in flowing summer clothes and I thought, "They would be fun to paint." The little girl seemed familiar to me and then I connected that I had just finished painting her. After asking a few questions I was sure it was the mother and daughter from my painting. It was fun to give them some cards - of this painting - as a thank you for the inspiration. 

Evening Calm - City Dock - is a brushed acrylic ink painting on 140 lb. cold press paper. It is professionally framed with non-glare glass. Final framed size is 20" square. This piece is sold. I do have cards and prints on steel available at Peculiar Painter | 218-547-3729

Blue Heron in Flight

I had to paint another Blue Heron painting! I actually started this one with Great Blue - my last Blue Heron Painting. This one has a completely different feel from my last piece. I used a palette knife to create most of this painting. I want you to hear the Blue Heron's wings on a silent bay as the sun sets. The thick layers of paint help give the painting a texture that plays colors off of each other. 

Blue Heron in Flight is an acrylic painting on deep edge stretched canvas with painted edges. This painting is available at Peculiar Painter in Walker, MN. for $655.00 | 218-547-3729

12"x36"

Almost Fuchsia •SOLD

This painting was inspired by color. After putting some cuttings of fuchsia colored flowers into a yellow and green vase - I couldn't stop looking at the color combination. The original color inspiration was not a Geranium but a Geranium is what I imagined as my model for this color combination AND I just happened to have a Fuchsia Geranium to inspire me.

I didn't quite capture the color Fuchsia that I see but it's close. ...hence the name Almost Fuchsia. This is a 12" square acrylic painting on stretched canvas. It is available at Peculiar Painter in Walker, MN.  | 218-547-3729

Two in a Yellow Canoe

 Two in a Yellow Canoe is a whimsical little painting with bright dancing summer colors. Our house sits between 2 resorts. We witness many canoes being paddled in the summer. This pair looked perfectly in tuned to each other and their surroundings. 

This is a brushed acrylic ink painting on 140 lb. hot press Arches paper. It is professionally framed with conservation glass to a final framed size of 8"x10". Two in a Yellow Canoe is available at Peculiar Painter in Walker, MN. for $295.00 | 218-547-3729

Gold & Green •SOLD

 When the familiar humming-buzz of a Hummingbird's wings returns to northern Minnesota - they bring joy to our hearts and flowers. I have been getting buzzed a lot recently...maybe it's because I have been wearing bright colors or maybe they are saying hello. Either way - they make me happy. 

Gold & Green is a small brushed acrylic ink painting on 140 lb. hot press arches paper. It is framed with conservation glass to a final size of 6.75"x8.75" and available at Peculiar Painter in Walker, MN.  | 218-547-3729