Merry Christmas

Library series of paintings

Writer's Helps

I painted these paintings for submission to our local writers’ guild annual anthology. I hope some of them will be accepted. I took all of these pictures at our local library and then painted them in gray scales.

Library Table

The Chair

Literature Index

The Big Dictionary

Library Cart

Writer's Friend

An Open Book

Library series of paintings

I painted these paintings for submission to our local writers’ guild annual anthology. I hope some of them will be accepted. I took all of these pictures at our local library and then painted them in gray scales.


write, written, writ, wrote



This picture was taken in my garden.  The zinnias are planted behind the feathery limbs of the asparagus on the outer edge of my garden. I took the picture between a break in the asparagus as to not scare the butterfly away. I was surprised at the misty effect it gave the rest of the flowers.

Tiger Swallow Tail Butterfly

The Perfect Lunch

I just finished this painting this afternoon.

Celebrating Creativity

Flavor of Fragrent Food



 This is the third of three of my paintings in the Celebrating Creativity Exhibit.

Missouri Artisans Association/ Best of Missouri Hands

Color of Midday Heat





Looking forward to the Meet the Artist Reception for the Celebrating Creativity Exhibit in the Mildred M. Cox Gallery, Fulton, MO!  This is one of three paintings that I have in the show.





Tall Stories

I was juried into the Tall Stories art show for the Columbia Art League, February 23 - April 17, 2010. 

(Click on the pictures to see a larger version.)

Hot Off the Press

2010 MAA member calendar. I have two photos in it this year.

CAL Community Exhibits Program

This first week of July, the Columbia Art League Community Exhibits change from one business to another. I will be moving my pictures from the Columbia Tribune to the University of Missouri Hospital second floor. My display will be all new pictures. It will feature my painted water lilies.By using several layers as I work, I paint and sketch these lilies on the computer with the use of an electronic pen (or paintbrush) on a Wacom tablet. On this picture I used several colored pencils to accentuate the curling of the leaves and the many petals of the flowers.

The cat in the window is one of my new pictures that I took to an art show today. It got the most comments of all of my pictures. One woman that bought two note cards with this picture on the front said, "Cat lovers will like this picture."

I took this picture while I was taking a tour through Bollinger Mill in south-east Missouri. This cat is the mouser and lives in the mill year round. She follows the tours from the ground floor to the attic and back again. It is really her mill that we were touring.