It is a momentary enchantment. I walk through the trees and wait for the moon to come up. I sit quietly breathing in the sunset. Can you breathe in color? And then with a snap of a twig, I notice, I’m not alone. There is a deer watching and she seems to be as enchanted as I am.
This is an amazingly beautiful life.
Enchantment
48 x 34 inches, oil, $8600
Available at the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art 2020
Things I Love About Summer at the Canyon
Rain
Rainbows
Contented elk and deer
Camping in a tent
Coyotes howling
Listening to rain hit my tent
Listening to people talk and laugh around the fire
A Rainbow's Kiss
6 x 12 inches, oil
SOLD
One life
48 x 60 inches, oil
SOLD
There are not many things more thrilling than looking for condors and having them swoop from behind you and into the canyon.
I am honored to be a part of the Grand Canyon Conservancy's effort to preserve and protect the California Condors at the canyon.
This painting was my second studio painting for the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art 2019. Happily it sold immediately!
You Can See Forever
36 x 36 inches, oil
$7500
For me, painting plein air is a discipline of gathering information and happy accidents which I try to make happen again in my studio. Painting at Desert View is so exciting, every evening it turns soft shades of purple and blue. From the darkest depths of the canyon, the river reflects the sky and it is all so beautiful.
One of the things I love most about painting on the rim is listening to people talk. One lady exclaimed, “You Can See Forever!” and I thought “That is a great title for a painting!”