My husband loves wolves, and he always calls our family with our two dogs the 'wolf pack'. He has wolf T-shirts and even drinks his daily coffee from a wolf mug. When I found the Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center in Central Colorado, he became very intrigued for a possible future visit. Meanwhile, I scoured this website to look at the pack and fell in love with Amarok. The vision of painting him wouldn't escape me, so here he is below. Watercolor on paper.
I stumbled upon a photo of this small macaw online, and found them to be such beautiful birds with their blue feathers. While I've not seen this movie, they are featured in the movie Rio. Their home was in Brazil, but with deforestation, they are extinct in the wild. Fortunately, conservation groups such as ACTP are working to reintroduce them to their native rainforests.
This watercolor painting took me a couple of months as I had lost my creative urge for several weeks. Once it came back, I worked through it quickly and with great joy. This was challenging beause of the detailed texture of the feathers. And instead of a detailed background, I went with an abstract green watercolor with alcohol droplets to simulate greenery. Very pleased how this turned out.
A destination on my bucket list to hike into, possibly camp nearby, this gorgeous northwest corner of Washington State captivates my heart with the utmost beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Watercolor on paper.
Frida Kahlo the Mexican painter often painted self portraits of herself. This is dedicated to her beautiful work meshed with celebrating the Day of the Dead. Gouache on canvas board.
This was a larger canvas painting I made for a family member as a gift (yet to be gived as of today). His favorite season is winter, and he loves the mountains. Bigfoot peeks out from the forest to see the comet over the dormant volcano. This uses acrylic and much of the white paint glows in the dark, including the eyes of Bigfoot!
This is the second underwater monster I painted for my daughter's bathroom. I really love these colors together, and it turned out pretty creepy looking. Watercolor and other mixed media on paper.
Thought this bird was beautiful when looking at photos of toucans. Watercolor on paper in my bird journal.
Often I dream of traveling, but the actual logistics of flying, sleeping in a different bed, trying to figure out where to eat are details ...
