New Paintings - Large Self-Stretching Canvases!

My new series of paintings are on 4'x6' canvases and I'm VERY excited!

This new canvas design is very special! Until now, stretched paintings of this size have rarely been available online because the shipping is prohibitively expensive (up to $395 just for shipping!), and the potential for damage to the painting during shipping was huge.

The simple and unique, patent-pending design of this canvas allows it to be rolled and safely shipped, and they can be reassembled and ready to hang within a few minutes without any tools! NO TOOLS!!!! The simple fit and snap joints make it VERY easy, and the canvas will be tight with no warping or sagging!

Autumn Path with Birches
Original 48" x 72" x 1.5" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

Outdoor Cathedral
Original 48" x 72" x 1.5" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

Autumn Tree Sunrise
Original 48" x 72" x 1.5" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

Warm Sky, Colorado Plains, and Creek
Original 48" x 72" x 1.5" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

Harvest Apple Tree
Original 48" x 72" x 1.5" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas



Really Red Trees
Original 48" x 72" x 1.5" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

Sunrise Through Autumn Aspens
Original 48" x 72" x 1.5" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

Recent Work 5.3.2011

Robin
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Floral Still Life with Striped Tablecloth
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Pussy Willows in Jar
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Pink Spring Tree
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Pussy Willows and Sparrow
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Autumn Sunrise XI
Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Three 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Purple Poppies on Red
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Eastern Colorado Landscape
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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The First Two Daffodils
Original 11" x 14" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Pink Floral Triptych
Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Three 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Red Grass and Trees
Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Three 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Colorado Landscape
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Early Morning Shadows
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

New Paintings 02.13.2010

Winter Park, Colorado
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Springtime Daisies III
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspens IX
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My newest work includes two of my signature compositions - Springtime Daisies and Autumn Aspens, as well as a new composition - Winter Park, Colorado.

Quote of the Day
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

Albert Einstein

New Commissions

Western Slope Canyon, Colorado
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Moonrise
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Cottage with Cattails
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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The Gathering
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

These pieces are all recent commissions I've done for my patrons.

Quote of the Day
"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment."

Eckhart Tolle

Today's Paintings 7.24.09

Red Trees VIII
Original 70" x 18" x 0.75" painting
Five 14" x 18" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Quaking Aspens and Colorado Peaks Commission
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes the newest edition in the Red Trees series, a 70" wide multi-canvas painting using five 14" x 18" canvases. I also got approval from my patron on the Quaking Aspens commission that she ordered recently. My commission work continues to be prolific, and once again I want to thank my patrons for their continued interest in my work!

Quote of the Day
"We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love." --Thich Nhat Hanh

Sunset Near Durango

Sunset Near Durango
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes a new composition inspired by the beautiful scenery near Durango, Colorado. I received a lot of new commission orders over the weekend, and am very pleased about that. Thank you patrons!

Quote of the Day
"If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another." --Dalai Lama

Today's Paintings 7.10.09

Quaking Aspens and Colorado Peaks Commission
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Twisted Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms IX
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes a commission of my Quaking Aspens and Colorado Peaks series, and the newest edition in the Twisted Apple Tree series, a popular and staple among my compositions.

Quote of the Day
"Problems only exist in the human mind." --Anthony De Mello

Quaking Aspens and Colorado Peaks II

Quaking Aspens and Colorado Peaks II
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes the newest edition of the Quaking Aspens and Colorado Peaks composition. I haven't revisited this composition in quite some time, and thought it worthy of a revival. This painting depicts a typical scene along the Colorado Peak to Peak Highway, an official Scenic Byway which runs from US Highway 6 near the historic mining towns of Central City and Blackhawk north to Estes Park. The scene depicted here is a common sight when the aspens change colors during the height of the fall season.

Quote of the Day
"There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them." --Anthony De Mello

Recent Commissions

Quaking Aspens, Winter Park, Colorado Commission
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Pink Blossoms on a Blue Sky Commission
Original 36" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspen Grove Commission
Original 48" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Two 24" x 30" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics

This post includes some of my recent commission work from some of my signature compositions. These paintings were originally inspired by scenes I've witnessed and photographed in Winter Park, Colorado, and upstate New York.

Quote of the Day
"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." --Buddha

Quaking Aspens - Winter Park, CO II

Quaking Aspens - Winter Park, Colorado II
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's painting is from a composition I did several years ago. I was at my husband's cousin's wedding near Winter Park a few years ago during the height of the fall colors, and the aspen trees were stunning.

Quote of the Day
"Deep down you must know that you are capable of being peace." --Thich Nhat Hanh

American Basin Commission

American Basin Commission
Original 36" x 48" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics

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Original Patron's Photo

Today's painting is a work in progress on a commission I'm doing of the American Basin, which is in the San Juan mountains of Colorado. The original commission of this work was done from another patron's original photo (above). I'm often asked to do commissions from patron's original photos, usually with additional input of what else they'd like to see in their paintings. This version of American Basin is for a patron in New York who runs a gallery. I have this and a couple of other examples of commissions I've done on my web site.

Tip of the Day
Getting the word out about your work and getting exposure online may seem like an arduous task. Do I need a web site? How do I copy protect images of my work? Where are the best sites to list my work or display my portfolio? How do I manage my work if I'm listing on multiple sales venues? Are those emails I get stating they'll get my web site highly ranked in search results legit? Do I have to take credit cards on my web site to sell my work?

These and other questions will be answered through our workshop. My husband and I are teaching Selling Your Artwork Online at Colorado Free University in Denver, and will also be hosting classes at the Englewood Jerry's Artarama in the coming weeks for those of you in the Denver metro area.

For those of you who live elsewhere, or can't make it to the metro area for any of our class dates, we're soon going to be offering our workshop as an online offering through Colorado State University's Continuing Education online starting in May. Stay tuned for announcements of live or online class dates in my Announcements section (top right corner of this blog, and on my home page.

Quote of the Day
"Ah, the first step in humility: Listening." --Dr. Michael Beckwith

Today's Paintings 4/14/09

Aspen Grove in Autumn
Original 72" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Three 24" x 30" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Path to Bard Falls Commission
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics

Today's work includes a new composition - Aspen Grove in Autumn - as well as a commission of the Path to Bard Falls series. Aspen Grove is a new composition in my decorative line, and was inspired by the lovely autumn scenery here in Colorado. Path to Bard Falls is a composition I've enjoyed painting since I started painting as my day job, and depicts the path to Bard Falls on Sawkill Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River. Bard Falls is on the campus of Bard College, west of Red Hook, New York where my parents live.

Tip of the Day
Customer service when selling your art online is as important as--if not more important--than selling your work in a face-to-face setting. Your feedback on a sales venue is your "report card" from previous buyers of your work, and has a direct influence on how well regarded you are within the buyer community of any sales venue. The way to get great feedback: provide great customer service.

Honor the terms of your sale. Communicate often and well with your buyers so they're in the loop on every step of the transaction--the sale, when you receive payment, when you'll ship their purchase, when you have shipped their purchase. Ship your product as quickly as possible without sacrificing quality. Buyers also like to receive a tracking number so they can monitor when they'll receive their purchase. Attention to detail is important.

Leave feedback for your buyers as well, so that other sellers have some insight into what kind of customer they are, as well as providing good will and expressing your appreciation for the buyer's purchase.

Quote of the Day
"If life wanted to hand me lemons, I'd not only make lemonade, but I'd use the zest for cookies, plant seeds for future fruit and turn the rind into compost to grow flowers, all the while giving thanks for lemons." --Bridgette Mongeon