Rose of Sharon. Oil on canvas.

Marigold Oil on canvas.

Echinacea Acrylic on canvas.

Dye on silk used to create this scene of wildflowers and their myriad of bright colors.

Dye on silk depicting a scene from my garden at one of it's most bountiful times.

Set of four sushi trays and two condiment bowls pressed from individual leaves. Missouri Gold stoneware with a light glaze. Each piece is unique.

African Violet. Oil on canvas

Stoneware planter with sculpted leaves reminiscent of leaves on an early winter pond.

Prairie Wildflowers

Image is 9 x 11.5 inches with a wide, white paper mat, clear acrylic, overall measurement with frame is 19 x 21 inches.

Ellingson Island - Lake Superior

Plein Air painting

Oil paint on wood panel in blue frame.

oil on canvas

Abstract, textural painting on board

Collage and acrylic floral painting on board

Acrylic and torn paper collage of a large flower

THE FARMER COMBINES WHEAT UNTIL THE HOPPER GETS FILLED. THEN IT IS TRANSFERRED TO THE WAGON.

THE FARMER WORKS LONG HOURS TO HARVEST THIS DURHAM WHEAT BEFORE RAIN

Modern living, garden on top of high rise. Giclees print on aluminum.

Mostly vegetable harvest, 2020 during covid.

Acrylic on paper, framed simple wooden frame (frame width is 3 inches), overall with frame measures 14 x 17 inches.

Saturday morning at the city market finds this vendor taking care of his farm fresh produce.

Delicate petals, vibrant colors. 2043

digital photography printed 1/1 on shaped metal

digital photography printed 1/1 on shaped metal

large aquatint etching

large pencil and graphite drawing of old swimming hole on mountainside

from a series studies in Cad Red

Echinacea purpurea, purple coneflower, blooms profusely on Konza in June and July, providing beauty for the eyes of hikers and sustenance for pollinators such as the tiger swallowtail butterfly.

Stainless steel Fuchsia vine trails amongst enameled copper Humming-birds

Garden scene

Watercolor and ink on Multimedia board. A brown rabbit takes refuge among the early blooms in Spring.

Original watercolor depicting a cornucopia overflowing with fruits, vegetables and grains.

clay sculpture with wood and shell showing the anguish in Mother Nature's face

Abstract expressionism, inspired by garden ornamental grasses. Framed in warm colored wood floater frame, wired for hanging and signed on front and back.

My digital photograph enhanced with inktense block overlays.

Stainless steel Fuchsia trailing vines with enameled copper hummingbirds flirting around the blossoms.

Sunflowers painted during Brush Creek Art Walk Sat. Quick Paint 2019.

A drifting tree just south of the bridge at Red Bridge park. 2019

Everywhere I look, there is more. And that is just the birds. Materials include driftwood, aspen and cedar wood chunks, porcelain clay, African beads, silver spoon.

This piece was inspired by looking down on the fields below during a flight from Kansas City to Denver which brought to mind a 16th century hymn text: We plow the fields and scatter the good seed on the land, but it is fed and watered by God's almighty hand,...

Poppies take over hill in Monet's Pond at the Overland Park Arboretum

Overland Park, KS Arboretum has a bell in the center of a flower garden that rings with the wind. It is well stocked with a variety of flowers and vegetables. It is changed three times a year. People pass on the path stopping to enjoy the spectacular colors.

Infrared Photograph

Infrared photograph

Humble yet amazingly beautiful abstract floral painting

Stunning floral abstract done in acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.

I envisioned this piece -- chocked full of fanciful flowers and leaves -- as a table or pedestal sculpture with flowers and leaves cascading over the side. But the more I looked at it, the more I thought it might be a wall hanging. Then I had to decide which end is up -- which I cannot do! So I have sewn rings into all four corners so that it can be displayed in many different configurations -- including lying on a table. As with all my fabric flowers and leaves, there is wire sewn in that allows for bending and shaping. Viewers like to touch textiles with so much dimension, and I don't mind.

Two-layer piece done in glass powders. The two-layer cut glass butterfly was painted with glass enamel paint and attached to the top of the glass for a 3D effect. The frame glass is color-washed with enamel to provide the background. The framed size is approximately 14" x 16".

Two layer glass piece created with powdered glass and accented with a 3D cast glass hummingbird. framed size is 14" x 14"

Acrylic and latex on gallery canvas.

Acrylic and latex on panel, framed

Original oil painting in shades of lavender and deepest yellow. A small bouquet of late summer sunflowers and goldenrod.

Sky turns radiant as sun goes down over Kansas hills

Photo on metal. Tulips in display garden, WA.

Farmers Market Radish

Blue Carbon Mangrove is a digital painting on canvas. It depicts a woman enmeshed in the branches of a mangrove forest with a mangrove whistler perched nearby. Mangrove swamps and forests protect shorelines around the globe from hurricane damage and storm surge. They also serve as a part of the coral reef ecosystem that supports more than half of the world’s tropical fish population. Deforestation of these often misunderstood forests is harmful to both animals and humans. Fortunately, mangroves can be grown more rapidly than other types of forests. Mangroves have the capability of what scientists call “blue carbon” engines, where if enough of these forests return, they can help reverse the effects of carbon emissions. I hope to raise awareness of the natural resources we can use to fight the negative consequences of human induced climate change.

Facination with Owls and other raptors has been a lifelong love. Painting any is a real joy.

Textural Acrylic with Palette Knife on Gallery Wrap Cavas

Mixed media piece depicting water and movement.

collage mixed media on paper 2018

Acrylic painting montage acrylic skins.

Multi facited fused glass center adds depth to this orange sunflower mosaic

Stained glass mosaic with a bright burst of color

Weather proof door can hang on your favorite tree or in the garden

watercolor, Inks and liquid acrylic on claybord

Three panel acrylic on claybord of a scene in the midst of a fall display

A Fall tree with limbs that resemble arms.

This is an original watercolor painting using watercolor pencils and watercolor paint, transposed on to a sheet of metal, wire back.

Showing the beauty of spring in shades of green in the in the Madhubani style. Acrylic on canvas paper.

Beautiful colorful birds brightening the spirits in Madhubani style. Acrylic on canvas paper.

Here the beauty of nature is brought out in the fall colors in this bright Madhubani style painting. Acrylic on canvas paper.

A storm was on the way as I hunkered down to protect my camera and tripod. I couldn't help but admire how fast Mother Nature took control and made sweeping changes in the atmosphere in such a short time.

Fall Kansas City

The giant oak at Corporate Woods

Mixed Media Collage on board

Oil on canvas contemporary geraniums

Perky water plants found in a Kansas City, MO garden.

12x16 unframed 14x18 framed

Still life

Still life

Still life

THE COLOR THAT FEEDS OUR SOUL. ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

oil on canvas sunflowers in Kansas

ALWAYS LOOK FOR HOPE AND YOU WILL FIND IT IN THE SIMPLE THINGS! ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

kiln-formed glass inspired while kayaking on the Missouri River

Rainbow arching over a field of milo in Western Kansas

Photo taken in Aspen, framed

Porcelain Oyster Plate, (cone 6) with silver leaf

Porcelain Ceramic Vase cone 6

Tray with wheat imprint and burlap texture. Bountiful Harvest is made with a speckled buff clay and finished with a black glaze that reveals and accentuates the details of each head of wheat. The back of the tray is glossy black. The tray is food safe, microwave safe, dishwasher safe. The size is 6"Wx9"Hx1"D. I use hand-building pottery techniques and form items from slabs of clay. Pieces are embellished by pressing wheat into the clay. Burlap is pressed over the wheat for added texture. I grew up in Kansas and I have fond memories of the annual wheat harvest on my grandparent's farm. The wheat I use for my pottery is from my sister’s farm in Kansas which has been in her husband’s family for four generations. Kansas is known as the Wheat State and the Breadbasket of the World. The Kansas Wheat website says 36 billion loaves of bread could be baked with the wheat grown in Kansas each year. An acre of Kansas wheat produces enough bread to feed nearly 9,000 people for one day. I am proud to be from Kansas where the bountiful wheat can feed so many people. Kansas wheat is truly nature's bounty!

Vase with wheat imprint and burlap texture. Waving Wheat is made with a speckled buff clay and finished with a black glaze that reveals and accentuates the details of each head of wheat. The inside is glossy black. I use hand-building pottery techniques and form items from slabs of clay. Pieces are embellished by pressing wheat into the clay. Burlap is pressed over the wheat for added texture. I grew up in Kansas and I have fond memories of the annual wheat harvest on my grandparent's farm. The wheat I use for my pottery is from my sister’s farm in Kansas which has been in her husband’s family for four generations. Kansas is known as the Wheat State and the Breadbasket of the World. The Kansas Wheat website says 36 billion loaves of bread could be baked with the wheat grown in Kansas each year. An acre of Kansas wheat produces enough bread to feed nearly 9,000 people for one day. I am proud to be from Kansas where the bountiful wheat can feed so many people. Kansas wheat is truly nature's bounty!

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This is Nature vanishing from the results of global warming and man's encroachment on Nature.

Burden Falls in Shawnee National Forest, Souther Illinois

Porcelain Ceramic Vase, cone 6

Porcelain Ceramic Vase, cone 6

Oil on canvas Trails at Longview Lake in the fall.

Again, my senses took over! The smell. The color palette. The velvety feel of the petals. Bravo, Roses!

Beautiful colors, textures and smells from this market in Bologna, Italy! A photo captured on gallery-wrapped canvas.

A crisp Autumn day. The pumpkins are ripe and ready to make yummy Fall treats!

Digital Image Transfer on Acrylic, Oil and Gouache with LED illumination (framed with power supply).

Digital Image Transfer on Acrylic with LED illumination (framed with power supply).

While many regard the harvesting of corn and beans the essence of harvest, the hay is also an important commodity. The last of the summer grass is ready to feed to livestock during the winter.

Watercolor on aquaboard

Photo taken in Sicily, palette knife painting

Basket of lush ripe peaches