Midwest
I spent many years living in the Midwest and grew to love the lush forests, prairie pockets, and nurturing waters. Spring and fall were my favorite seasons - always alive with color, from beautiful wildflowers to vibrant fall leaves.
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Home for Mother Forest ~ Watercolor ~ 24 x 19" ~ Art of Appalachia Collection
The cradling hands that make up the forest floor in this painting represent you and I conserving the world's forests,
nurturing our relationship with the natural world.
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nurturing our relationship with the natural world.
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Home for Darters ~ Watercolor ~ 20 x 24" - Private Collection
Living in both Big and Little Darby Creeks in central Ohio,
these brilliantly-colored darters thrive in healthy freshwater streams and rivers.
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these brilliantly-colored darters thrive in healthy freshwater streams and rivers.
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Home for Spring Magic ~ Watercolor ~ 23 x 16" ~ Arc of Appalachia Collection
Ferns, trillium, jack in the pulpit – each plant within the micro community is in perfect balance.
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Home for Blue Jays ~ Watercolor & Pastel ~ 19 x 26" ~ Arc of Appalachia Collection
This painting was born on a frigid, January day at the Highlands Nature Sanctuary
where my sentry for the hike was a very vocal blue jay.
My new friend followed me everywhere and brought such a sense of wonder!
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where my sentry for the hike was a very vocal blue jay.
My new friend followed me everywhere and brought such a sense of wonder!
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Home for Warblers ~ Watercolor ~ 28 x 20" ~ Private Collection
Worm-eating warblers migrate great distances to nest and raise their young in places like Ohio.
These birds spend the winter in lush tropical forests found in places such as Belize. Alive in this painting, connection of place is key.
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These birds spend the winter in lush tropical forests found in places such as Belize. Alive in this painting, connection of place is key.
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Home for Three Sisters ~ Watercolor ~ 18 x 24" ~ Arc of Appalachia Collection
Within one tiny drop, is an entire ecological system.
I sit for hours by the Three Sisters rock formations on this hot, steamy day and this painting is born.
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I sit for hours by the Three Sisters rock formations on this hot, steamy day and this painting is born.
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Home for Wildflowers ~ Watercolor & Pastel ~ 20 x 24" ~ Private Collection
One individual blossom on the flower of an obedient plant seems ever so tiny and delicate
and yet, its big beautiful world consists of this one small prairie pocket. Awesome.
and yet, its big beautiful world consists of this one small prairie pocket. Awesome.
Home for Larksparrows ~ Watercolor ~ 20 x 24" ~ Private Collection
See the world through a songbird’s eye; a world filled with oak trees, wild lupine, plains puccoon, and karner blue butterflies.