"The Fibonacci Relationship"

Original Watercolor on 140lb cold-pressed cotton rag

 13.5 in. x 13.25 in. Unframed

 

Currently being framed.

 

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Once upon a time, there was a little girl who could talk with the animals.  Her magic came from the Fibonacci series.

Halcyon Days

22 in. x 30 in. Unframed

Original Watercolor on 300lb cold-pressed cotton rag

 

At Prentice Gallery, 707-937-5205

 

With social media and television, we have an increased awareness of so much strife and suffering that occurs all over this planet.

 

“Halcyon Days,” usually means looking back to a time that we may imagine was more peaceful and compassionate.  But for you, I hope this painting helps you to look forward to the reality of that.

 

There are many animals that depend on our stewardship for their survival.  One of those is the tiger.  An animal that is gorgeous, powerful and majestic, and also very vulnerable to our actions.

 

A portion of the sale of this painting will benefit, Save Tigers Now, a World Wildlife Fund campaign, whose mission is to double the current tiger population by 2022.

 

Wonder at the Banks

 

12 in. x 16.25 in.

Watercolor Painting on 300lb. Cold-pressed, 100% cotton rag

 

At Prentice Gallery, 707-937-5205

$1200 framed

 

It’s an early morning in the heat of summer.

The sun is already creating beads of sweat on your back and a glow arises from the earth.

 

Grunt, grunt.  Snort. Snort!  Splash!!

What’s making those noises?

 

You walk through some brush to try to get closer to the river bank and you see…

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"The Cub and the Butterfly"

Original Watercolor on 140lb cold-pressed cotton rag

 9 in. x 12 in. Unframed

 

$795 framed

 

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A portion of the proceeds will benefit SaveTigersNow.org

 

Did you delight when you watched your child see something wonderful for the first time?  When their innocent curiosity transfixed their attention?  Many other animal babes do the same thing.  I wanted to convey the spirit of innocent curiosity with this tiger cub fascinated by a magical butterfly.

 

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"Winds of Change"

Original Watercolor and Acrylic on 140lb cold-pressed cotton rag

 10 in. x 13 in. Unframed

 

$795 framed

 

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the hare leaps high, high, high, higher

the harvest moon glows red through changing leaves

the winds of change swirl

as above, so below

 

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"Long Ago II - His Precious Egg, Buteo jamaicensis"

 

Original watercolor and gouache painting (17-7/8 in. x 12-3/4 in.) on 140 lb Cold-Pressed 100% acid-free cotton rag

 

$1250 Matted

 

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This painting is part of a series of symbolism paintings with raptors, oversized eggs, snakes and prehistoric imagery.  Eggs represent what we hold precious and dear: our children, our loved ones, the earth, and here, they are larger than life to magnify the sense of importance they have to us.  The raptor, in this case, a Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, is you, me, us —- protecting the egg.

 

I love the raw and direct beauty of prehistoric paintings.  In these paintings, I use a stylistic representation of them to symbolize the fight for survival through the millennia.

 

About my painting style... there are often aura-like outlines to symbolize energy fields and halos to represent the spirit.  Gold and silver watercolors or gouache are my nod to the beautiful illuminated Medieval manuscripts and Persian paintings that have inspired me to want to paint since I was a teenager.  Everything I do in a painting is with the deep hope that it evokes in you an experience of the beauty, magic and mystery of life.

"Tribute to Daphne (Sheldrick)"

 

Original, mixed-media painting on 140 lb Cold-Pressed 100% acid-free cotton rag

20 in. x 13 in.  watercolor, gouache and pastel.

 

$1750 framed

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This painting is a tribute to Dame Daphne Sheldrick.

 

Part of the proceeds of its sale will be donated to The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.

 

Professionally framed by Prentice Gallery in wood molding, anti-reflective glass and acid-free, mat board.

 

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This is a tribute to Dame Daphne Sheldrick, who died in 2018.  She was the matriarch of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) in Kenya.  They are, “Best known for their work to protect elephants, the SWT operates the most successful orphan elephant rescue and rehabilitation program in the world.”  It breaks my heart that they get orphaned at all - mostly from the actions of humans.

When she was asked what she admired about elephants,in a 60 minutes interview, she answered, “Their tremendous capacity for caring is, I think, perhaps the most amazing thing about them,” adding, “They have all of the best attributes of us humans and not very many of the bad.”

 

I, myself, felt an intense widening of my heart for the animal world after reading, “Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Animal Family,” by Cynthia Moss.  They, and I can see now, all animals are deeply feeling beings.  I want to share with you their story and beauty through art like this painting.

 

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"Spirits"

Original Charcoal

 

$475

A portion of the sale proceeds will benefit the Ewaso Lions.

 

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A great and wise leader is always surrounded by beneficent spirits.

 

"Pangolin Help"

Original Watercolor on 140 lb Cold-Pressed Paper

$795 framed + shipping included within the United States

 - Contact the artist for purchase

 

Unframed dimensions:  7 in. x 10 in.

Framed dimensions:  12-7/8 in. x 16-1/2 in.

 

The border has the graphic words of "HELP" because this is the most trafficked animal in the world and the situation is desperate for this gentle, playful creature.

 

Proceeds of sales benefit Pangolin protection.

 

The pangolin mother loves her little pink babe.

 

The border has the graphic words of "HELP" because this is the most trafficked animal in the world and the situation is desperate for this gentle, playful creature.

 

This amazing creature is a scaled-mammal. Scales! It raises it's baby the way all of us mammals do, loving them and keeping them near.  This is a Sunda Pangolin and  her pup.

 

The paper has been folded and weathered to express the possible fading from our presence of each individual pangolin. The HELP border, well, it just screamed itself out of me onto the paper. This image welled up from deep in my heart.

 

 

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This amazing creature is a scaled-mammal! Scales! It raises it's young the way all of us mammals do. The young stay near the mother and can be pink-colored when little. This is a painting of a Sunda Pangolin and pup.

 

Save Vietnam's Wildlife does the heart-felt work of finding, rehabilitating and freeing pangolins that are kidnapped from the forests of Vietnam to be sold in Asian markets for Pangolin soup or other dishes. Sometimes, the pangolins are horrifically prepared for ingestion (I'll spare you the details).

Pangolins are the most trafficked animals in the world. They need our HELP. They really do.

 

If you like videos, you could watch a National Geographic video at this link: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/…/the-tragic-tale-of-a-…

 

With this painting, I chose to execute it in a different way than my past wildlife paintings. The paper has been folded and weathered, and the pangolin mother and baby are faded to express the possible fading from our presence of each individual pangolin. The HELP border, well, it just screamed itself out of me onto the paper. This image came from my heart.

 

Everything I do in a painting is with the deep hope that it adds to our experience of the beauty and mystery of life, especially animals.

"Ultimum Syreni"

 

Original painting on 300 lb Cold-Pressed 100% acid-free cotton rag

21 in. x 15 in.  watercolor and gouache.

 

$1250 Matted.

Available through Prentice Gallery (707) 937-5205.

This is an allegorical painting about compassion and conservation, death and renewal.

 

I was driving through Chinatown in San Francisco one afternoon when traffic was stopped by a funeral procession.  Walking alongside the hearse was a man, perhaps a brother, perhaps a friend, holding a poster-sized photograph of the deceased.  I was struck by this vision of the hearse encapsulating the finality of his death juxtaposed with a photo of him, appearing alive, young and vibrant.

 

That experience was the inspiration for this painting of the last mermaid, ‘Ultimum syreni,’ showing an image of the last mermaid mounted onto a Chinese scroll.   She represents the last of anything, any animal, any plant, any person.  Something that you can't get back.   A frozen image of something, beautiful, mysterious and phenomenal, but gone forever.

 

The other objects in this still-life are symbolic for renewal and hope (the eggs), our unconscious (the nautilus), and death (the candle), and how each of these play a role in the life and extinction of a species.

 

 

 

 

"Temple Pond"

Original Watercolor on 300lb.  Cold-Pressed Paper

 

22 in. x 30 in. original watercolor framed to 30.5 in x 38.5 in. behind UV-filtered, museum-quality glass

 

$1500 framed

 

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While traveling on a sunny June day, a few years ago, I walked into a spiritual goods store.  It was very dark inside; partly because it was so sunny outside and partly because there were no overhead lights inside.  I meandered through the circuitous walkways of goods, and halfway through this seemingly endless space, I stepped through a side door  to feel the sunlight on my face.  The sun shown bright from above and I blinked to realize I was in a courtyard surrounded by statues of Buddha, Vishnu, Kuan Yin and Ganesh.  In the center of the yard, the sun reflected up from a pond.  Silence

 

The fish danced round and round the lotus;

the colors and lights mesmerized.

 

 

 

 

LIMITED-EDITION GICLEES in TWO SIZES

 

Limited-edition of 10  - 8 in.  x 11 in. image printed on 9 in. x 12 in. conservation-grade paper

($75 + shipping)

 

Limited edition of 10 -  16.5 in. x 23.5 in. image printed on 18 in.  x 24 in. conservation-grade paper

($150 + shipping)