Carnival Abstract

This is a watercolor 15x22 on 140# CP Arches Paper loaded with color pigments and Chinese calligraphy grassy writings.  It is rather unusual making it an interesting abstract painting.

Lucky Locks

This watercolor painting 15x22 was accepted into 2014 WASH open juried show "Go With the Flow" from a reference photo I took near my neighborhood last spring.  

Landscape 4

I recently finished this watercolor painting (15x11) after a couple summer workshops with Artist Lian Zhen this year.  I've included some of his detailed style of painting trees, water and rocks, which takes a lot time to complete.

Landscape 3

A landscape painting in progress - this is from a photo supplied by Lian Zhen when he taught at the Lincoln Art Center in August 2014.  I learned a lot about negative painting of trees and branches.  Water is masked first and then painted later.  The rocks still need tons of work.

Landscape 2

Playing with watercolor - abstract design of landscape and tree details on Arches 140# paper.

Landscape 1

Here are 2 landscape paintings I did after I took a workshop from Artist Dale Laitinen.
These are watercolor on 1/2 sheet of 300# Arches paper.

Watercolor Workshop

WASH of Sacramento Fine Art Center held a watercolor workshop in August 2014 at the Center.  Artist Lian Zhen, who recently published a landscape book, shared his pouring technique with us in two different subjects: rooster family and landscape with a small waterfall.  

Melody of Bamboo

This is an Acrylic Painting (20x16) recently accepted into the Vacaville Art League Juried Open Show and won a 3rd Place Award in the Oil/Acrylic Category.

Friends of Winter

This is my interpretation of a classic Chinese painting for 

"three friends of winter - bamboo, pine and plum flowers"

It is a mixed-media painting 30x15 that was started a few years ago.

This artwork has recently been accepted into the Sacramento 

Fine Art Center Magnum Opus Open Juried Show, 

July 29-Aug 16, 2014, in Carmichael, CA

Nine Patch Gold

This is an abstract with some more work to do - a 12x12 mixed media loaded with quin-gold colors.

Patchwork Fun

The Mixed Media abstract painting is 12x12 in size and full of colors including gold, silver and copper.
This artwork has been accepted into Pioneer Art Juried Show in Grass Valley, Oct-Nov 2014.

Songs of Patchwork

The abstract painting is 14x18 in size and loaded with colors.  It is a canvas quilt series I started this year and having fun working on several of these mixed media using acrylic paints.  This artwork received an "Honorable Mention" Award in the Mixed-Media Catagory at the Vacaville Art League Juried Open Show, July 26-Aug 30, 2014, in Vacaville, CA.

Flowing Patchwork

I'm currently working on a series of abstracts in mixed media with the subject of "Canvas Quilt".  The size of this artwork is 18"x14" and recently submitted to 2014 NCA's Inner View Exhibit at the Sacramento Fine Art Center.  It has won an award of Honorable Mention.

Star Quilt

This 8-point star quilt is made from Japanese fabric with repeated patterns of Mtn Fuji, large gold moon, birds, and ocean waves (pieced for the back side).
I took this star pattern quilt class from Helen Hardwick in FAll of 2013.  It is a beautiful 57" square quilt now show-cased on my dinning room table.

Block-of-the-Month Quilts

This is a blue and white quilt using the Sew-As-You-Go technique.

This red, white and blue square 39" quilt is a wall hanging. The original pattern shows it as a center medallion for a king-size quilt from the 2012 Meissner's Folsom "Block of the Month (BOM)" pattern.

The is a lap quilt from the 2012 BOM "Wings Aloft" pattern offered at Meissner's Folsom.  All quilts were completed this Spring, yeh!

Ginko Leaves

Watercolor (15x22) on 300 lb Arches cold press paper.