Poetry in Motion

Rooster & Family

Apple Moon

Night Wall

Waterlilies

Morning Flight

This is a small watercolor painting of Sandhill Cranes flying in the early morning light.  The background was a practice pouring of 3 primary colors. Then the 2 birds were added using white gouache.

Spring Garden Path

Small Landscape

Mixed media on 9x12 artist canvas panel painted with watercolor crayons over synthetic cobweb matted on the canvas.

Luck Arrives

This is a mixed-media painting of a Chinese calligraphy character on rice paper with colored ink in the background.  The character FU 福 (luck) presented is upside down (dao).  Generally the picture is hung facing the front door, and when guests enter the house they will see and comment "FU dao" meaning "Luck Arrives or Comes".

Colorful Flowers

Anticipation

Half sheet of Arches paper CP 140# watercolor painting of a blue heron titled "anticipation".  It's looking forward to whatever it wishes to do for the day!

Anna

A watercolor portrait painting of Anna, my dear mother when she was 18 yo, from a very old photo.  I also used several photos from later years attempting to capture her expression.

Ray Fishing

A watercolor painting from an old reference photo, capturing a happy moment of my hubby fishing off the pier.  The previous post "Happiness Is" has been accepted into Magnum Opus XXIV Exhibit at the Sacramento Fine Art Center, August 13 - 31, 2013.

Attaboy Otto

Just finished this watercolor painting (1/4 sheet Arches CP paper) from a reference I took in 2007.  It captures the happy moment when Otto, our yellow lab, enjoying a nice pet from a loving young boy.

Happiness is...

Watercolor painting - 1/2 sheet Arches CP paper - from an old reference photo of my hubby fishing.

Gone Fishing

Watercolor paintings (1/4 sheet Arches CP paper) from reference photos of a fishing trip with my brother.

Abundance - 8 Koi

Koi is one of my favorite subjects to paint, particularly in watercolor, on a half sheet (15"x22") of Arches 140-CP paper.

Plaid Quilt

"Perfectly Plaid" is designed and taught by Kristin Echols at the Folsom Meissner's.  The "Quilt-as-U-go" 54"x72" quilt was a challenging one to make.

Culinary Delight

April 2013 went by so fast with a visit from my Aussie relatives.  "Salt and Pepper Crab" is a signature dish at R&G Lounge in Chinatown, S.F. 

Book Signing

Lian signed the flower book for me with a beautiful moth orchid painting.  The flower book is his second book published by North Light, and is out of print.

Lian Zhen Demo Watercolor

Lian Zhen's 2013 Watercolor Workshop was held at the Rusch Historical Home.  Lian's demo of watercolor painting was nicely presented through a TV screen. 

Sun Flowers from the workshop

This is the beginning of my sun flower painting from a half day workshop that Lian taught at the SFAC on March 11, 2013.

Crab from the workshop

On the first day, we learned to paint crab with 3 primary colors.  Then the pouring techniques and detail painting.  We are to create different underwater objects: corals, fishes, and rocks.  This is my attempt, no fishes, couple corals and some rocks.

Lian Zhen Workshop

On March 8-10, 2013, Sacramento Fine Art Center's NCA sponsored Lian Zhen's watercolor workshop.  Here is Lian doing a demo with Chinese brush painting.  Rooster on Shuan paper.

During the 3-day workshop, Lian did many book signing - often with a small painting by request.  Here's one with a rooster.

Rose Painting

I did this full sheet of watercolor painting with Jeannie Vodden using her reference photo.  Jeannie is well known for her layering technique of transparent Winsor Newton colors (primaries) on 300 lb Arches paper.

Nat's Quilt

The king-size quilt I made a couple years ago has been quilted by Sharon Pierce, a long-arm machine quilter.  The batting is 100% wool and top/bottom fabrics are 100% cotton - photos show intricate quilting design and the binding is hand sawn.

Fresh Flower Arrangement

A gift created by Katie and the photo was taken with an iPad.

Sashy Scarf

I knitted this fun scarf in less than 4 hours - so pretty and the pattern is available onYouTube videos.

Catching Up

Where did 2012 go?  A Christmas card of a small watercolor painting to end the year with cheers.