left to right from top:

• Irish shore, 2015, 24 x 39" oil on canvas (Commission) SOLD

• Orchid after Heade, 2014, 10.5 x 13.75 in., acrylic on board SOLD

• Vivian, 2018, 40x40x15/8in., acrylic on canvas (Commission for Portraits of Vivian, a play by artist Stacy Harshmann) SOLD

• A Forest Grew Up Around Us, 2016, 11x14 in., chalk pastel, collage, and acrylic on paper, (Commission for Northern Woodlands Magazine) SOLD

• Zelde, 2014, 24 x 24 in. oil on canvas

• Amanda, 2014, 18 x 24 in., oil on canvas

• Pumpkin still life, 2013, 16 x 16 in. oil on canvas SOLD

NOTE: Paintings on this page are available by donation. Click here to learn more.

The Story Behind the Orchid
I began this painting "Orchid after Heade" in the 1990's (yes, really) when I was inspired by a magazine ad announcing an exhibit of Martin Johnson Heade paintings. I'd never heard of this man, but I loved, loved, loved this painting, it's romantic, hazy, voluptuous, sensual view of nature.                   
I tore the page out of the magazine and began to work on an homage. Amazingly, over this period of time, I moved at least a dozen times, but I managed to keep the magazine page and the unfinished painting together. I finally finished in summer 2014, and am released from over ten years of self-condemnation over my procrastination.  Those of you who know me know that I am not a procrastinator! so this was quite an achievement. Gratefully, it didn't take another ten years to sell the painting. It was purchased rather quickly after I announced its completion. 

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