Villa at St. Chamarand, FR, sketched in 2012 and painted just recently for my Dutch friend Olga

Charming Auburn Victorian

Toshi Uyeno's Mandarins -- This sketch will be used on their mandarin orange website.

2014 calendar of paintings of old doors, mostly from Montisi, Pienza, Montepulciano, Italy done in ink and watercolor. Calendar sells for $8 ea. or $10 if I have to mail it. Please contact me if you wish to purchase any.

Partial view of a square 9"x9" ink/watercolor painting for Jeanne Francis, friend and publisher of Steppin' Out Magazine that is all about Northern California wine country living.

Italy 2013 - "An Artist Lives Nearby" in Montisi, IT. Found this wonderful patio in a quiet corner of Montisi and couldn't resist painting the laundry. It is ink/watercolor, 7" x 10" and sells for $100

Montisi, Italy, this stone entry is a few feet away from the entrance to Villa Maddalena, where we stayed during the workshop with watercolor teacher professoressa Barbara Roth. It is in ink and watercolor and is 7" x 10" and sells for $100.

Italy 2013 - La Grancia in Montisi, a wonderful agri-turismo place to stay just down the road from Villa Maddalena. They have rooms you can rent and it has a pool and wonderful vistas of the Tuscan countryside.

Italy 2013 - Montisi - another wonderful old door caught my eye and I had to paint it. This one is light cobalt and it is falling apart as you can see from my painting. The size is 7 x 14 and it too is for sale for $100.

Italy 2013 - Montepulciano - This Salumeria Toscana is like a delicatessen and the pig inside the front door with a sign "Il Custode" or gatekeeper who guards the entrance. It was built just inside the archway leading to the town.

Corner of Pienza, Italy. I had fun trying to different techniques mainly using sand paper and watercolor pencils and shaving them onto wet watercolor paint and using a dry brush effect. Fun. It's yours for only $100.

Montisi, Italy, 2013 - Locanda di Montisi in the heart of the town.

Montisi, Italy, Green door with Colombe (lovebirds). Size is 7" x 10" and for sale for $100. Cards are also available

Italy 2013 Galleria Agnelli at Montisi. I tried to capture the most beautiful mini-nursery along the main street of Montisi and I think I'll have to give it another go!

Montisi Italy - Another door, this one red. Sketched on location and painted at home in Auburn, CA.

Villa Maddalena, Montisi, Italy. I sketched this sitting out in front of this fabulous villa where we stayed for a week for an art workshop given by Barbara Roth. It is a fabulous villa with about 9 bedrooms, grand living area, huge kitchen and a wonderful garden with a view and a pool. I was so inspired by the doors of Montisi that you'll be seeing a lot of them

Italy, Montisi, May 2013. I joined Barbara Roth's art workshop at Montisi for a week in May and it was fabulous. The town had so many ancient doors that I went crazy sketching and painting them. Here's just one example

Italy, Montepulciano, May 2013. I sketched this tower just up the street sitting on a 3-legged stool. It is a charming town and I spent a week there studying Italian at Il Sasso and I stayed at the B&B Agnolo with friends. We enjoyed eating and sketching for a week.

Dancing Dog Baby Shower Invitation

You are probably wondering why there isn't baby shoes or a cherubic looking baby on the shower invitation I recently created.  It's because the "live entertainment" was a dancing dog.  Cards available.