Scenic

I very rarely paint what is traditionally known as a "landscape" though I really do LOVE landscape paintings! I have tried to explain to people, I just don't have a passion for painting "rocks." (Ha!)

However, on occasion, there are "scenes" that capture my imagination and I feel duty-bound to paint them! (And I really need to create more landscapes ... or "scenics.") For instance, the beautiful hot-air balloons we are surrounded by here in Albuquerque every Fall. The glow of their burners ... the sunrise seen through brightly-colored semi-transparent cloth balloons ... the intense JEWEL-like hues dotting our skies and landscapes. THOSE scenes awaken such deeply-felt emotions in me, I MUST express them through my watercolors!

Since my landscapes ("scenics") are rare, they are often special to me! Enjoy!

[2026 UPDATE: I have so enjoyed painting several more landscapes this past year, especially those involving "sunset light!" Stay tuned because I'm planning on painting more of these ... and also working on creating some pieces in PASTEL!]

Sunset Over Maui After learning how to paint magnificent "sky-scapes" in April of this past year, I had to try my hand at one of my favorite photos from our trip to Maui in 2019. I love the sunlight in this one! 10"x14" on Arches 140# • 2026 NM State Fair Professional Gallery exhibit (where it won the 2nd Place ribbon in Watercolor!) • Entered into the NMWS Southern-Chapter "Winter" exhibit ... stay tuned!	Sunset On An Idaho Farm I LOVE painting light! And after seeing my friend, the reknowned watercolorist David Drummond demo a sunset sky at one of our critique-group's meetings, I went right home and started this one, from one of my older photo references. I love this one so much, after it was displayed in an exhibit, I gave it to my husband, and it's now hanging up in our cabin. 6"x8" on Arches 140# • NMWS 2026 Spring Show "Small Works" exhibit • NFS	Her Bit Of Earth I photographed my sweet granddaughter Ethne standing up on the rocks in the middle of the Painted Desert in Arizona, in the Summer of 2024. I loved her stance, and her attitude of "I own this!" 20"x14" on Arches 140# • NMWS 2026 Spring exhibit • 2026 NM State Fair Professional Gallery exhibit (where it sold ... to a retired Geologist! I loved that!)
Chimney Rock My 3rd "mini" for the MasterWorks of NM 2025 exhibit. We have passed this beautiful rock formation in southern Colorado many times, but the day I took the photo reference for this, the clouds were throwing shadows on the ground, and I loved that! This one is a tinier 3.25"x5" FOR SALE: $95	Skies of Enchantment, #1 I decided to paint a few landscapes for the 2025 MasterWorks of NM "Miniatures" exhibit, beginning with this beautiful sunset out at our camping acreage where we have a cabin now. I've also decided this was SO MUCH FUN, I'm going to do a series of sunsets soon! (Stay tuned!) • Entered into the 2025 MasterWorks of NM Miniatures exhibit (where it was rejected ... perhaps due to their being an abundance of landscapes!)	Three Pueblo Ravens This is a miniature (4"x6") painted for the 2025 MasterWorks of NM "Miniatures" exhibit. I LOVED painting the ravens and the old adobe bricks (photographed at the Painted Desert in AZ, the Summer of '24). I plan to repaint this as a much larger piece. • Entered into the MasterWorks of NM Miniatures Show, '25 where it received the 2nd-Place ribbon, and also sold!
The Long Walk Home We were blessed to have the world's greatest dog for ten short years -- our "Boaz" was such a darling 100-lb. pit bull, and gentle as a kitten! He loved taking walks out on our camping acreage with us, and I had to eventually paint this scene of my husband and him, in memory of our sweet pup! Jan. 27, 2024 16"x16" on Arches 300# • MasterWorks of NM, 2024 (NFS -- it's now hanging up out at our remote hunter's cabin!)	"Isaiah By Moonlight: Rome" One of my favorite memories of Rome, Italy in 2015 was seeing the city by moonlight. I took tons of photos, and was particularly intrigued with the statues of the Prophets at the base of the "Immaculate" Monument, near the Spanish Steps. I painted this one for the "Nocturne" exhibit at the NMAL, Fall of 2022. Sept. 8, 2022 13.5" x 9.5" on Arches 140# -- $675.00 --	"Light Sailing" One beautiful "Balloon-Fiesta" morning, I was standing in a park with my grandchildren, and the Sandia Mountains behind us were ablaze with light as the sun rose through a "downpour" of rain. Hot-air balloons were all around us ... it was MAGIC, and I had to paint it! Oct. 16, 2020 11" x 15" on Arches 300# • 1st Annual Balloon Museum Foundation Show, 2020 • MasterWorks NM 2021 Exhibit • Featured in the Abq. Journal, April, 2021 -- SOLD -- (PRINTS AVAILABLE!)
"Airabelle at Dawn" The NM Creamland Dairy cow hot-air balloon, "Airabelle" has always been my favorite. I intentionally photographed her one morning with light streaming past and through her. I had more fun with this painting than I can say! Sept. 25, 2020 14" x 14" on Arches 300# • First Annual Balloon Museum Foundation Art Show, 2020 -- SOLD -- (PRINTS AVAILABLE!)	"The Statesman" When in Washington, D.C. in 2011 on Memorial Day weekend, we got to the Jefferson Memorial on the D.C. Mall last -- just as the sun was about to set. Once again, it was a moment where everything was perfect -- the light -- the saying, "On The Altar of God" in my camera's viewfinder -- and of course, THE Statesman himself: Thomas Jefferson. This now hangs in my "patriotically-decorated" living room, as my focal point. April 5, 2014 22" x 22" on Arches 300# -- NFS -- (PRINTS AVAILABLE!)	"Ancient Dwelling" A very small piece I painted as a "give-away" door-prize for our annual land-owner's association meeting. This is of a very small cliff-dwelling near Ramah, NM. Nov. 13, 2013 5" x 7" on Arches 140$ -- NFS --
"Taos Christmas" A small piece done for the NM Cancer Center 2013 Exhibit. Oct. 21, 2013 11.5" x 8.5" on Arches 140# -- For Sale: $375 --