Rising up from the Pacific Ocean this coastal range looms over Shelter Cove.

10″ x 14″ Daniel Smith Watercolors / Arches 300 lb cold press cotton

Shaped by plate tectonics, this coastal mountain range looms over the Pacific Ocean.

12″ x 16″ watercolor Arches cold pressed cotton / Paint: Daniel Smith and Windsor and Newton

14″ x 20″ watercolor Lanaquarelle

The wind sometimes blows so fiercely and persistently that there are days when all I can do is look out the window and paint.

Our hydrangeas are now in full bloom.

I started this lilac from a cutting. Now it grows along this fence.

watercolor – 12″ x 16″ Arches 300 lb cold press cotton

This ranch road on the Loleta bottoms floods when we have lots of rain.

12″ x 16″ Arches 140 lb cold press cotton

Here is part of the progress of this painting.

The watercolor painting, The View from Home – watercolor 14″ x 20″ Lanaquarelle 140 lb cold press cotton.

18″ x 24″ watercolor 140 lb Arches Hot Press Cotton

Growing along an old fence are fragrant lilac and wisteria.

watercolor 14″ x 20″ Lanaquarelle 140 lb cotton block