laura's watercolors

  (7x11) I was always reluctant to paint my black cat, Smilla--too many nuances in that black ... until it occurred to me: forget the nuan...

  (7x11) The second day we made our own little setups. The day flew by!   (7x11, unfinished)   (11x15)   (11x15, unfinished) In the comm...

(5x7) I'm back from a wonderful two-day workshop with Jackie Saunders . When we walked into the studio there were buckets and buckets ...

  White gladiolas are blooming in my yard: I have no recollection of planting them, but was happy to see them. I made a backdrop from t...

  (10x14)   (9x12) I should have titled this post "Things I Can't Grow." They're two of my favorites (actually, it se...

  (8x10) A statue of St Francis of Assisi in front of a restaurant in Chimayo, New Mexico. I took a picture of this bronze statue when I ...

  (7x10) "It's a beautiful ride" is the slogan of the Cape May - Lewes ferry, and it's true. I've been accumulating...

(10x14) Found myself with no company and without any (paying) work to do (I could have worked in the yard) ... and with these already-cu...

  (10x14) I was on my third go round of trying to paint these very delicately pink lilies when my cat, Smilla, left her customary spot in ...

Next weekend I'll be in Washington DC with my friends Shelby and Lori to take a two-day "gestural florals" workshop with Jac...

  (detail) (11x15)  There are a lot of white lilies in bloom in my yard right now and I couldn't live with myself if I didn't...

  (5x6) A little (as-much-as-I-can-manage) unself-conscious playing with paint: shapes, colors ... not overthinking.   (4x6)   (9x12)...

  (3x5 Strathmore journal) A view from a window in Pennsylvania. These evergreens, with branches that grow straight out from the trunk, bre...