Still Life in Summer (detail)

Thinking ahead to warmer days coming, with day lilies, plums, peaches and a Bonnard view from the studio window.

Letters and Late Peonies (detail)

Peonies are the fragile queen of flowers, their beauty overthrown by one strong rain.

Orchids and Tropical Fruit (detail)

I'm on my way today to Abaco Island in the Bahamas, where I'm delighted to be teaching a painting workshop. Stay tuned this week for more Travelogue watercolors!

Hieroglyhics (detail)

Another chilly image...with hints of warmth from sea shells and ripening pears.

Cyclamen and Folded Paper (detail)

An image to evoke the comforts of tea, oranges and a fire indoors on a very cold January day.

Celebration (detail)

A party table for Martin Luther King's birthday.

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Lawyer's Desk (detail)

While I'm away from my studio this week, I'll be sharing some details from "Dream Tables". This one was commissioned by a law firm (note the drawing in the book by Daumier, an artist who always loved skewering attorneys...)

Winter Table (detail)

New Year's Day, and the chance it provides to assess the past and look forward to the future, is one of my favorite holidays. On this January 1st, many thanks to all of you for your interest in my painting. It's a fine feeling to know that you are out there, when I'm working here alone on the hill...May your coming year be full of peace, health, happiness--and creativity, which can keep us going even when there's a lack of all other blessings!

White Flowers and Butterflies (detail)

I enjoy going back to my "Dream Tables" to find smaller, simpler paintings within the complex compositions of this series. Each large still life was inspired by one vivid image--in this case, the contrast of pure white lilies against patterned black fabric-- and grew in theme and detail as I kept painting.