" Snake River Suite: Mt. Harrison from Pelican Point, Heyburn"

14"x42", Oil on Canvas Panel, Gallery Wrap
sold

Drawing and making photos from this place is a delight. I tried several times to be there for one of our wonderful sunsets or dawns. The weather this spring has been most uncooperative.

I will keep trying.

The Canada Geese were a joy to watch. One of the real joys of drawing and painting is that it takes time and during that time, often one sees creatures!

 

"Snake River Suite: Massacre Rocks State Park"

Oil on Canvas Panel, Gallery Wrap 14"x32"  sold

As a child, each time our family drove to Pocatello and went through this area, I would embroidery more into my dream of building a home/studio on these cliffs above the Snake River. It was a magnificent home! Sometimes it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright... other times by me. It had a tunneled elevator down to the boat docks below and a heliport with my own helicopter ~ because this is a remote area... Ah! Dreams!

I still love the looks of my magical cliffs. 

Snake River Suite ~ Shoshone Falls

Oil on Canvas Panel, Gallery Wrap 14"x 32"

A memorable day for me.... four hours spent studying the falls, drawing and painting it and talking with the people who stopped to look.

I always enjoy chatting with people while I am painting! If you see me set up painting somewhere, please, do interrupt me.

 

"Our Community:

From Pelican Point"

Oil on Canvas Panel 16"x 20" sold

First Annual Mini-Cassia Family Values Award ~ May 7, 2010

Last night was a wonderful evening for our community and for me, as an artist.

The first annual Mini-Cassia Family Values Award was presented to Leonard and Betty Martin , of Paul, Idaho. They met and were married in Rupert over 50 years ago, have built a thriving cattle business, had four children, and have added much to out community and their Trinity Lutheran Church in Rupert.

The event was sponsored the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in our area with Brother J. Craig Rowe, of the Seventy in attendance to present the award.

Many of the Martin's family and friends were there to honor them. They were thrilled and felt it a great honor.

Now for my little part.... I was selected to do a painting of our area to present to the Martin family to commemorate the event.

Susan Price asked me a few weeks ago to do it. I really enjoyed the painting though, because of uncooperative wind and weather, it was a bit difficult to get drawings and photos once we had decided on a scene representative of our community.

The painting is done from a place on the north side of the river looking toward Mt. Harrison. Susan Price skillfully drove me to the place and right to the edge of the drop to the water. While I was doing drawings Canada Geese were flying in and wading. So I included them in the painting.... the family element.

Leonard and Betty seemed pleased with it!

" Daffodils"

Oil on canvas Panel 8"x10"

Even purchased daffodils make it seem like spring will arrive....

Monday was very close to a spring day in temperature and atmosphere. Snow came in the middle of the night reminding us that it is still winter and cold storms are probable But I had these bits of portable sunshine in a vase to keep me cheerful!

 

"Marsh Creek in Declo"

Oil on Canvas Panel 16"x20" sold

Seeing the painting so much smaller is quite helpful in deciding on further work. So this may be "work in progress"...

"Creation from Genesis 1"

Numbers 1 through 4

"Creation from Genesis 1"

Numbers 4 through 7

"Creation from Genesis"

Numbers 6 through 9

"Creation from Genesis 1"

Numbers 1 through 9

Each painting is 12"x12", oil on canvas panel $300. each

I have been working on this series for months and finally got it hung all together! Even though it still needs to be straighter and I have two more panels to finish, I am glad to finally see it together.

Each painting has its own title as follows:

1. "...Without Form and Void..."

Genesis 1:2

2. "...Darkness Upon the Face of the Deep..."

Genesis 1:2

3. "Let There Be Light..."

Genesis 1:3

4. "Firmament in the Midst of the Waters

...Let it Divide the Waters from the Waters..."

Genesis 1:6

5. "... Let the Dry Land Appear..."

Genesis 1:9

6. "...Let the Earth bring forth Grass, Fruit yeilding Fruit after His Kind,

Whose Seed is in Itself..."

Genesis 1:11

7. :For Signs and for Seasons, and for Days, and Years...

The Greater Light to Rule the Day..."

Genesis1:14,16

8. "...The Lesser Light to Rule the Night,... the Stars Also..."

Genesis1:16

9. "...Let the Waters Bring Forth Abundantly

the Moving Creature that Hath Life,

and Fowl That May Fly Above the Earth..."

Genesis 1:20

And yet to be painted...

10. "...Let the Earth Bring Forth the Living Creature after His Kind..."

Genesis1:24

11. "...In the Image of God

Created He Him; Male and Female Created He Them..."

Genesis 1:27