This fritillary butterfly was having lunch on a purple coneflower (echinacea purpurea) in my sister's garden. As far as I know, there are fritillary flowers and fritillary butterflies, but there's no such thing as 'echinacea fritillaria'!

I painted this rhododendron from a photo I took in Washington state on a rainy day.

I painted this rhododendron from a photo I took in Washington state on a rainy day.

Watercolour on 300lb. Arches paper.

Portrait of my great-niece, from a photo taken by her grandma. Soft pastels on Sennelier La Carte. I will accept commissions for pastel portraits from your good quality non-professional (ie. copyrighted) photos. Email me for info on suitable lighting...

 

This is the interior of Frank's Deli, on Durham Street in Sudbury, Ontario. I believe it has been there a very long time, and is renowned for foot-long hot dogs, as well as wonderful sandwiches. I've had the pastrami on rye, and it was delicious!

Again, I want to thank FAA photographer Basie Van Zyl, for his wonderful reference photos!

This is one of many local swamps in my neck of the woods.

This photo was taken in Oregon. I love the bright pink of the keys.

This was a demo on painting snow shadows in watercolor.

This was started when my pastor asked me to paint at church, during his sermon. I didn't finish during the sermon but had a good start, which worked well, as part of the message is that we are all "works-in-progress"! We are studying the book of Judg...

 

You may recognize this image as similar to the thistle with bee that I already posted. A customer wanted the thistle without the bee, so here it is. The original is atill available for purchase, as the customer has been unable to purchase it. The pri...