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.