Upper Falls at Yellowstone National Park

16 X 12 

Oil on Linen Panel 

Painted from my photograph.

I took this photograph on our extended trip this summer. The amount of water going over the falls was really impressive. In New Mexico we need more water; perhaps that's why it fascinates me so. Above the falls, looking down on the water just going over the edge, the water is dark green at the edges. It's truly a gorgeous place. Yellowstone was not as I had imagined it. I'm so glad we took the time to go and I plan to go again sometime.

Surfing Boys 

14 X 11

Oil on Linen  Panel

Painted from a photograph taken by Joe Price

When Joe Price talked about how he took this photograph in Mexico he said he basically took it through a telescope. Painting the water was fun. The boys were much harder for me, but at least they look like people. They look like they are having a good time in the water.

Aspens in Summer

12X16
Oil on Linen Panel

Painted from a photograph by Cindy Crooks

There's something about aspens that makes me happy. They sparkle as the wind moves the leaves. I've set these over a valley and lake. I could sit here and relax in this scene all afternoon.

Above: Daisies in the Window

Both paintings are 6 X 8
Oil on Linen Panel

Below: Roses in the Window

Mountain Peaks

16X12

Oil on Linen Panel

Painted from a photograph by Joe Price

The photograph this was painted from was taken in Alberta, Canada, but the feeling of the picture is the same as when you go over Raton Pass from New Mexico into Colorado. The mountain peaks seem to stretch forever and the closer areas are so green - more green than I've made them here.

Hunter Fishing

16X12

Oil on Linen Panel

Painted from a photograph by Shannon Cordova

This lake is typical of New Mexico in that the ground next to the water does not have green plants growing, except a few weeds that don't use so much water, and they are away from the edge. Hunter is the boy with the fishing pole. My skills are not honed enough to make him recognizable, but it was fun to try. My husband was surprised that the photograph had what looks like clay at the water's edge.

Morraine Lake/Banff

16X12

Oil on Linen Panel

If you have not been to the Banff area of Alberta, Canada, please make the effort to go. I did not realize there was such a beautiful place on earth and it isn't just this lake. Beauty is everywhere. The water is glacier water and is really this color, and in some areas it's a pale green or a more intense blue. It's impossible to take a photograph of this lake without getting evergreen trees in the foreground, but every time I started to put in the trees my husband would say, "Please don't put anything in the foreground." It's also impossible to get all of the peaks at Morraine Lake in the same photograph though I did try.