Moon Meets Venus Above the Clouds

Moon Meets Venus Above the Clouds, 20 x 20 cm, watercolor. Last February I was lucky enough to witness this phenomenon. It looked so breathtaking in person, and although I wasn’t able to get a good photo, I made a painting based on my memory of it. Earthshine slightly illuminated the unlit part of the waxing crescent moon.

Exploring Purple

Exploring the color purple through some abstract watercolor paintings, 3 x 3 inches each

Abstract Art

“Various abstract art I have made over the years” mixed media

Moon and Moth

Moon and Moth, 10 x 14 in, metallic watercolor on black watercolor paper

This metallic watercolor painting is based on an experience I had this past summer…I was out watering the garden poppies after sunset, the moon was rising, and I noticed a bright flying specimen hovering quickly above the poppies. At first I thought it was a hummingbird, but its proportions weren’t quite right, and it was light-colored, almost glowing in the moonlight. I realized it was a giant flying night moth! I have never seen a moth so big before. Apparently there are many varieties here in the pacific northwest, so I couldn’t tell what particular kind it was.

Solar System

Solar System, 31 x 31 cm, watercolor and metallic paint

I love this idea of concentric circles symbolic of the planets and orbits in our solar system…a watercolor galaxy overlaid with sparkly stars, and topped with metallic planet orbits, with sun in center.