![painting of Ranunculus](images/01_Ranunculus.jpg)
#1 Ranunculus
Of my own art work, this is one of my favorites.
Using Painter®, by Corel.
![chalk drawing of one of my sisters](images/02_Sister.jpg)
My next-younger sister
One of my very first attempts at painting.
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
Painter®, chalk
![painting of another sister](images/03_Baby_Sister.jpg)
Baby sister
She's 18 years younger than I am.
Painter®, emulating chalk.
![painting of a nephew](images/04_nephew.jpg)
Nephew
One of five nephews, Painter emulating pencil sketch.
![painting of a park](images/05_Landscape.jpg)
#5 Landscape
One sister's favorite park, my only landscape to date.
Painter®, emulating oil.
![painting of a friend](images/08_Friend.jpg)
Friend
Painter, emulating acrylic thick Paint.
![Slide 07](images/09_Peonies.jpg)
#6 Peonies
Painter®, emulating watercolor. This first attempt at watercolor put me off the medium for awhile. I was distressed at my inability to suggest the edges of the petals.
![painting of a niece](images/11_Niece.jpg)
Goddess of Gauze
This niece was a Navy Medic when I painted it, hence the gauze. Very little fazes her. She's working on her BSN now.
The look is supposed to be that of a classic Greek goddess.
Her jawline isn't actually that puffy, that fault is mine.
![painting of a 15-month-old baby](images/12_nephew.jpg)
One of my great-nephews.
![painting of sunflowers](images/13_Sunflowers.jpg)
#10 Sunflowers
Painter®, emulating oils.
![cartoon drawing of another niece](images/15_niece.jpg)
Another niece
This one was based on a lesson I took on cartooning.
This niece teaches high school kids, so very little fazes her either.
The context of the drawing is that it's supposed to be when she got home from work on a Friday and caught the evening news in a week full of jaw-dropping scandalous news items.
![oil painting of a pink marbled poinsettia](images/17_Poinsettia_Hansen.jpg)
#12 Pink marbled poinsettia
Painter®, emulating oils.
Christmas gift from baby sister; couldn't resist painting this!
![oil painting of a monet-type poinsettia](images/18_Poinsettia_Blogg.jpg)
#13 "Monet" type poinsettia (should be "Seurat"!)
Christmas gift from a friend; another one I couldn't resist painting.
Using PhotoShop®, by Adobe.
![oil painting of a vase of Lisianthus with 2 coffee cups](images/19_Lisianthus.jpg)
#14 Lisianthus
Painter®, 'Oils'.
![watercolor of penta plant](images/20_Fendley-Helm_Penta.jpg)
#15 Penta plant
Painter®, 'Watercolor'.
This is the second watercolor I took all the way to completion. Watercolor is difficult in digital painting, similar to real life. It wasn't a great experience, because you can't get caught up in the detail, which is hard for me: I love detail.
![watercolor of two rosebuds](images/21_Rosebuds.jpg)
#16 Juana's Rose
Painter®, 'Watercolor'.
My third stab at watercolor; I enjoyed doing this one. This is the painting that made me laugh at myself in the mirror and say "I actually am an artist! Maybe not a good one [yet], but I am an artist."
![abstract rose](images/22_pink_rose_2.jpg)
#17 Priscilla
Painter®, Marker, Ink and Speckle.
A little more abstract than my usual endeavor, I'm 'stretching' with this one, and enjoyed it.
![daffodils](images/23_Daffodils.jpg)
#18 Daffodils
Painter®, Marker and Ink.
I was reminded in April of the bank of daffodils I used to walk by on my way to work when I worked
at Georgetown U,
so I had to do this one.
![version 2 of white peonies on dark background](images/24_Peonies_v2.jpg)
#19 Peonies version 2
Painter®
I particularly enjoyed this one, and I can see an improvement in my skills.
![Sunflowers on a table in a shadowed room](images/25_Roxann.jpg)
Roxann
Painter®, Thick Paint and Oils.
I started this a year ago and then put it on hold because the perspective is so wonky; finally finished it. The big challenge here is the lighting: bright light from a window into a shadowed room.
![Gladiolas](images/26_Glad_004.jpg)
#21 Glad
Painter®.
A painting I did to break my dry spell. Unlike all the others, it works better on screen than in 11x14 print.
![Kale Dancer](images/27_Kale_Dancer.jpg)
#22 Kale Dancer
Painter®.
My friend Juana brought me a decorative Kale plant she picked up which we both thought was so interesting to look at. As I took pictures of it, this particular angle reminded me of a dancer in the opera "Carmen".
![Crocuses 1 in the yard](images/28_crocuses_1.jpg)
#23 Crocuses 1
Painter®.
This bad boy gave me an artist's block, which I finally broke with Kale Dancer. That inspired me to wrap up this one, while listening to Lucia di Lammermoor. Q1: Was it the famous mad scene? Q2: Did the cat catch the sparrow? You may have to zoom in to see the footprints they left behind. Answer to Q1: no, it was the famous sextet. The mad scene is usually too long and tedious for my taste. Answer to Q2 is left to your imagination; however, my primary care doc swears there's carnage outside the right edge of the picture.
![Crocuses version 2 on table in vases](images/29_crocuses_2.jpg)
#24 Crocuses 2
Painter®.
version 2. A side excursion I took while trying to work through the artist's block I encountered for version 1
![Christmas Amaryllises in a garden](images/30_Christmas_Amaryllises.jpg)
#25 Christmas Amaryllises
Painter®.
The flowers and leaves are a little more abstract than I normally do. Painter® users will recognize the particle brushes.
![Next door neighbor's garden](images/31_Barella.jpg)
#26 El Járdin Mágico de Barellas
Painter®
The view (more or less) I get every time I walk out of my trailer. It is, indeed, magical.
![Frangipani plant of my neighbor on the other side](images/32_Frangipani.jpg)
#27 Frangipani
An oil done in Painter®
From the garden of my neighbor on the other side.
I love this plant, it has so many different pieces to the puzzle of ‘representing’ it!
![white swan on a lake](images/33_Swan.jpg)
#28 Swan
Oil, Rebelle® Pro 6 by Escape Motions.
This started out to just try out a new software program; I started it much smaller than I would have if I'd known it would become a full-blown painting. C'est la vie.
![2 mini-carnations, white with a red edging on the outside edge of the petals](images/34_2 mini-carnations.jpg)
#29 2 Mini-carnations
Oil, Rebelle® Pro 6 by Escape Motions.
Another work to try out the new software; I'm leaning heavily now to making a permanent switch to this software.
![several stems of pink mini-carnations, most in a vase, some laying waiting to be placed](images/35_mini-carnation_stems.jpg)
#30 2 Mini-carnations
Oil, Painter®
I reverted to Painter because Rebelle was not capable of doing the 'selection arithmetic' I needed for this painting; favorite flower of one of my sisters.
![white rose with a thorn stem behind it, small blood drip from thorn onto petal](images/36_The_Thorn.jpg)
#31 The Thorn
Oil, Painter®
Ouch.
![San Diego sunset rocky beach with palm trees and a pine tree at sunset](images/37_SD_Sunset.jpg)
#32 San Diego Sunset
Oil, Painter®
Not an actual beach in San Diego, this one exists only in my imagination.
![oil painting of my great-nephew's dog Gracie](images/38_Gracie.jpg)
#33 Gracie
My great-nephew's dog Gracie
Oil, Painter®
![oil painting of a stargazer lily](images/39_Stargazer.jpg)
#34 Stargazer
"quick and dirty" of a stargazer lily
Oil, Painter®
![oil painting of red tulips which are still planted, not cut yet](images/40_Red_Tulips.jpg)
#35 Red tulips
Some red tulips to remind you that spring will come
Oil, started in Rebelle® 6, finished in the brand spankin' new Rebelle® 7
![Ann's Flamboyance, 4 flamingos cavorting in the pond created by the bend of a creek.](images/41_Flamingos.jpg)
#36 Ann's Flamboyance
Painter® oils
My sister Ann has a special place in her heart for flamingos. A flock of flamingos is called a "flamboyance", and Ann has a somewhat flamboyant personality (in a good way).
![Dendrobium, a spray of 10 stems of Dendrobium orchids.](images/42_Dendrobium.jpg)
#37 Dendrobium
Painter® oils
Dendrobium orchid stems aren't quite this droopy in real life, but, you know, "artist's perogative".
![Cityscape of downtown San Diego as seen from the Coronado Island Ferry Landing](images/43_SD_Cityscape No1.jpg)
#38 San Diego Cityscape #1
Painter® charcoal
Downtown San Diego as seen from the Coronado Island Ferry Landing, approximately 2006 (but painted April, 2024).
![Cityscape of downtown San Diego as seen from a Coronado marina](images/44_SD_Cityscape No2.jpg)
#39 San Diego Cityscape #2
Painter® ink and oils
Downtown San Diego as seen from a Coronado marina.
![Blue frosted tulips](images/45_Frosted_Blue_Tulips.jpg)
#40 Frosted Blue Tulips
Rebelle® oils
I committed to making the change from Painter to Rebelle. This isn't my first painting in Rebelle, but it is the first after committing to digging in and learning it's intricacies.
![watercolor of mini calla lillies](images/46_Calla_Lilies.jpg)
#41Mini Calla Lillies
Rebelle® watercolor
Watercolor is definitely harder to control than oils or dry media, but I felt like I had to explore it.
![watercolor of peonies](images/47_Peonies_4.jpg)
#42 Peonies 4
Rebelle® watercolor
Can you tell peonies are my favorite flower?
![4 Angels Trumpets blossoms with leaves, against an abstract background](images/48_Angels_Trumpets.jpg)
#43 Angels Trumpets
Painter® oils
A little more abstract than my usual, 4 blossoms from my neighbors beautiful large bush.
![oil painting of hydrangea bush with lots of impasto](images/49_Hydrangeas.jpg)
#44 Hydrangeas
Rebelle® oils with high impasto
My own take on a hydrangea bush