"Blue" (sold - to be a surprise gift for someone who loves my work...so sweet!)

Thank you Marin Magazine.

 

I am so appreciative and thrilled to be one of the 12 finalists for the Marin Magazine cover for their annual cover contest!!! My landscapes have made the cover twice in years past and it was such an honor to be selected amongst all the talented artists again to be a finalist! Thank you Marin Magazine!!!

Handwritten letters.

I love the handwritten note. It brings me so much joy to pull out the fountain pens, stamps, watercolors - and just say a few words. It takes so little time and means so much to the person opening up their mailbox many many miles away.

Back in San Francisco and my daily beach walks before studio time...

...and of course loving wearing my Block Island dear friend - Mary Macgill's stunning jewelry...

www.marymacgill.com

Mary MacGill's studio...

Mary is a dear friend and extremely talented jewelry designer who I know from my beloved days on Block Island...I love visiting with her and seeing all her new creations...she introduced me to my new favorite Brooklyn restaurant called River Styx...to see more of her work, go to:
www.marymacgill.com

Colours of New York...

Canfin Gallery solo exhibition - April 25th - May 17th, 2015

 

I had the chance to take some snapshots before the exhibition reception and was so pleased that the gallery had sold 15 paintings before the opening!!! I am very very honored and grateful that these landscapes have found homes to hang in and hopefully inspire for years to come, thank you Jean-Claude and Bernadette Canfin!

Seaside Days 30 X 30" (sold)

I want to thank all those wonderful people who came out to see my exhibition at the Canfin Gallery on Saturday evening...it was such a beautiful night and I was overwhelmed by the amazing comments, attendance and grateful for all the paintings have found homes in which to hang.
Thank you to Jean-Claude and his wife, Bernadette, for putting together such a wonderful evening! I am immensely grateful.
The exhibit runs through May 17th at the Canfin Gallery at 39 Spring Street in Tarrytown, NY.

Pond & Watergrasses 30 X 30" (sold)

Rouge 48 X 48" (sold)

Beach Bloom 30 X 60" (sold)

Colours by the Sea 48 X 48" (sold)

Hanging up the studio apron and on the road again...New York City.

Heading East to be inspired by New York, see my beloved East Coast friends and attend my exhibition at the Canfin Gallery in Tarrytown, NY.

Rosehips by the Sea 30 X 40" (@ Tjasa Owen Studio, San Francisco)

This piece was inspired partly by my view I had growing up with my summers on Block Island and by the marshlands that hug the Atlantic Coastline...

I can feel summer around the corner.

Cloud watercolor sketch.

Cowgirl. Farmgirl watercolor sketch.

Into the Blue 48 X 60" (sold)

Sketch from my time in Istanbul...

Along the Sea 36 X 48" (sold)

Buyukada Island...one of the Princes' Islands...

 We took the ferry over the Buyukada, the biggest of the Princes' Islands and as there are no cars allowed on the Island, we took a horsecarriage and then after, rented bikes to see more of the smaller streets...the Island is almost stuck in time with the 100 year old wooden homes...absolutely a stunning day adventure.

 Our final evening we went high into the hills for dinner for our final sunset view...