His Mercies Are New Every Morning

The Steadfast love of the Lord never ceases.
His mercies never come to an end.
They are new every morning.
Great is Thy Faithfulness, O Lord.

Vicki's Garden [SOLD!]

God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during the day. Linnaeus, the great botanist, once said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that were open and those that were closed!

This painting sold on 4/15/2019 to Vicki Michaels in Virginia.

Old Point Loma Lighthouse at Dusk

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105)

5x7 Framed with white mat

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All of Nature Sings Your Praises!

PEEK-A-BOOK PARROT

All creatures of our God and King,

lift up your voice and with us sing

Alleluia! Alleluia!

You say tomato, I say tomatoe

An illustration done for one of my graphic art classes at Pima County Community College while living in Tucson 20 years ago. I was working towards an art degree but only got 2 semesters completed before moving to Virginia  It would be 18 years before i got back to art! This has been rolled up that long, thus the wavy paper. I think I remember this was first sketched in graphite to establish tones. Final done in Prismamarkers.

Leo Carrillo Ranch

Hebrews 13:14

For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.

Two recent watercolors done on plein air outings with Patti Slattery

Carter's Hay and Feed (Watercolor Journal) 

June 27, 2018

Key's Creek Lavender Farm

 June 30, 2018

Carter's Hay & Feed

 June 27, 2018

Patti and I met at Carter's Hay and Feed to do some sketching, including the livestock. It was a beautiful morning as we sat under a tree in front. Patti opted to do several sketches as she continues to perfect her line drawing and tonal studies - which are getting really good! I did one sketch in my largest watercolor journal. Knowing where we were going, the night before I stained several pages in the journal with coffee to create a nice rustic tone to begin on. Usually you want to use different strengths of instant coffee, which I didn't have, so I just used leftover morning coffee. I was very pleased with the results and plan on doing this more to pre-tone the paper.  Here is my sketch of the livestock chilling out in front of the barnlike store. These were goats and a couple of Barbados sheep who had lost there winter wool, which apparently you can just pull off in a sheet so they don't need sheering. They staged an escape while we were there but sheep herder, Patti, foiled their attempt!  I'll post Patti's when she sends them to me. I'm going to miss these times with Patti when I move. 

Urban sketching at Carter's Hay & Feed in Encinitas with gal pal, Patti Slattery. They keep some small livestock to entertain children and artists! I pre-toned my journal paper with coffee which was kind of fun.

 I filtered some of the color out for a different look.