Paintings at new ACC Elgin Campus!

 

This selection of my watercolors are hanging at the new Elgin ACC Campus on Hwy 290 in Elgin, Texas!
It is a beautiful campus and facility! ACC has asked Elgin artists to hang their work in the public areas of the new campus. Go by and check them out! Also my Elgin artist friend, Elizabeth Sullivan has her fabulous watercolors hanging there as well.

Variety of little watercolors

 

Here is a little collection of watercolors that I have worked on in the past year, just haven't posted them. Two different crows, a set of pigs, a lively pen & ink & watercolor rooster, and sunflowers.

Dusk in Red River

 

This watercolor on Arches 140 paper captures the beautiful dusk of late afternoon in Red River, NM. We visited this past February and this was the scene behind our condo. We looked out over Red River and the mountain loomed up behind it. The gorgeous dusky light and light snow gave the scene a purple haze.

Landscape - Alaska Inspired!

 

Watercolor on Arches 140 paper. After viewing photographs that Kathy Summers took on her trip to Alaska, I was inspired to paint this dramatic landscape. The dusky, rich colors and high drama that Kathy captured in her photos are reflected in this painting.

Unfinished Owl

 

Watercolor on Arches 140 paper. Work in progress.This is from a photograph that I took at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center this spring. This nesting owl is raising a set of  owlets on this ledge for the second year in a row! Rough hill country stone ledge and a cactus  growing right there on the ledge which offers some cover for the owl. 

Unfinished Capitol Skyline

 

Watercolor on Arches 140 paper. This is still a work in progress of an interesting sky and the capitol building in Austin - and I will add other downtown silhouettes most probably.

"For the Love of Books" Art Show - Georgetown Library

 

Please come to see the Waterloo Watercolor Group's paintings at
 "For the Love of Books" Art Show
 at the
 Georgetown Library August 4 - August 30 
 Open for viewing during the library's normal hours.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Sunday afternoon, August 4th, 2013
from 2-4 pm
WWG artists have drawn inspiration from books for the paintings they have created.

Above are my two paintings displayed in the art show.
"Turtle Rock" was inspired by the wonderful Newberry award winning book Turtle in Paradise. My painting was based on a photograph that I took at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center of the turtles that bask in the sun on rocks in the pond at the entrance - and the Wildflower Center pond certainly is a Turtle Paradise!
"Meadow Bunny" was inspired by the special children's book The Velveteen Rabbit and was based on a photo that I took in the wildflower meadow in my front yard this spring. We have cottontails roaming through the wildflowers and munching on the cool grass. This was taken in the early morning bright light, everything was dewy, fresh and very green.