Surf and Sand Painting

I'm inspired by the purity and intensity of nature's colors--in striving to match her glory, never getting there, but so very delighted with my attempts. I will never stop trying to get that perfect pink of a glowing sunset or that elusive golden yellow on the tips of the California poppy. I often start my landscapes plein air and comlete them in studio. This allows me to capture the sense of the environment: the serenity of a calm stream at sunset, the electric motion of a roiling thunderstorm, or even the surprise of a rock turning into a turtle as it plops into a pond.