This is an ink sketch I did in France in about 2013 and I just painted it recently.

 

My sister-in-law and I hiked the Douro Vineyards in Portugal in September 2018 and this is a sketch of us starting out on day 1 with GPS in hand. Got lost multiple times but enjoyed the hike with Portugal Nature Trails.

Finca del Nino where I stayed and attended an art workshop in Benjalgabon, Spain in 2017. Sketched it there but just recently painted it.

Mill Cottage at Lower Slaughter, England

Spent a wonderful week in Lower Slaughter in the Cotswold area of England and I call this  the Cordial Cottage because while I was sitting out in front of this house sketching, the owner Maggie came out and offered me a cordial.  Wonderful memory of a fabulous little village.

Old Town Auburn

Have You Been to the Flower Farm on Horseshoe Bar in Loomis?

If you are not busy on Sunday, Dec. 3rd at 4 pm, you might want to attend fundraiser for Regina Bateson at the Flower Farm's event center to hear the candidate for District 4's congress.  You can purchase a ticket for this event at  bateson4congress.com 

Finca Del Nino Watercolor and Ink Painting

I painted this painting on my recent journey to Spain.  I balanced on my 3 legged stool and sat inside the gate of the Finca (Finca means ranch in Spanish) under the blazing Spanish sun while drinking Sangria. 

Farm in Boone, No. Carolina

Haydon cabin -- ink and watercolor

Flower Farm, Horsehoe Bar Road, Another calendar page finished. It's a cafe and restaurant and a favorite haunt for cyclists.

No Hands Bridge and Cyclist, Auburn, CA

Kids on Bikes for my next calendar where I'm putting bikes in every painting.

La Chouette, meaning the owl in French, inspired me to do this painting of a building somewhere in France. It's 7 x 10 and sells for $100.

Newcastle Pizzaria in Newcastle, CA

Trulli, ancient stone building near Alberobello, Italy, spotted as we biked along the stone-line country roads of Puglia. The painting ink and watercolor and is approximately 10" x 15" and sells for $200.

Ann's Persimmons in Placer Co. - Ann and Chris have the most fabulous persimmon trees, both Fuyu and Hayachia (misspelled) and they are laden with persimmons this year and so delicious.

Vermont barn, 2014. Sketched left-handed in landscape workshop with Susan Abbott and painted it quickly in watercolor. Size: 12"x12" for about $125 unframed

Vermont 2014 Country farmhouse

I just returned from a landscape painting workshop in Marshfield, VT with artist instructor Susan Abbott. We went to a different farm or nursery or country home to paint each day then had a wonderful lunch at her house. We stayed at Hollister Hill Farm B&B and had the most wonderful breakfasts and the gardens were fabulous as was the hospitality. I highly recommend both the workshop and the B&B.

Piccolina Adventures and Salento Bici Tours. Just returned from a fabulous 9 day bicycle tour of Puglia with our guides Carlo and Giulia from Salento Bici Tour. We cycled on rock wall lined country roads, dirt roads, Roman roads, cobblestones, and streets from Locorotondo to Santa Catarina to S. M. de Leuca, and ending in Lecce. They introduced us to the regional wine, olive oil, pastas as we visited museums, old underground olive presses, farms called "masserie", and the very famous and ancient "trulli" houses. It was a fabulous experience biking along the Adriatic and Ionian Seas as well as the hills of Puglia. These are sketches from my sketchbook!