Sold Paintings | Debra Joy Groesser

• Star Tulips

  Oil, Linen Panel, 4 x 4. One of four 4x4 inch floral mini paintings. Each is framed in a beautiful floater frame. Framed size is 9x9 inches.

• Country Roller Coaster

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. This is a road in Butler County, Nebraska, just south and east of David City. The steep hills were exhilarating to drive on! You couldn't see the road in front of the car once you got to the cr…

• Solo Sunflower

  Oil, Linen Panel, 4 x 4. One of four 4x4 inch floral mini paintings. Each is framed in a beautiful floater frame. Framed size is 9x9 inches.

• Narada Lake Reverie

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18. Painted at Narada Lake near Traverse City, Michigan during the 2018 Paint Grand Traverse Plein Air Event.

• Majestic Moran

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted on location at Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Was $1200, now $800 framed!

• Crocus

  Oil, Linen Panel, 4 x 4. One of four 4x4 inch floral mini paintings. Each is framed in a beautiful floater frame. Framed size is 9x9 inches.

• Moran Canyon Road

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. My husband and I decided to explore the hills south of North Platte, Nebraska, a few months ago and were so glad we took Moran Canyon Road. The landscape through the canyon is something you wou…

• Morning Reverie-Narada Lake

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18. Painted on location near Traverse City, Michigan, during the 2019 Paint Grand Traverse event.

• Peach Daffodil

  Oil, Linen Panel, 4 x 4. One of four 4x4 inch floral mini paintings. Each is framed in a beautiful floater frame. Framed size is 9x9 inches.

• Still Standing

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. This was painted in Door County, Wisconsin. I've been watching it slowly deteriorate, sadly, over the last 15 years and decided I'd better paint it this year before it falls in completely.

• Our Familys Legacy

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. Painted on our original family farm in Sutton's Bay Michigan during the Paint Grand Traverse Plein Air event, August 2019.

• Rocky Coast, Indigo Sea

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location near Marshall Point Lighthouse, Port Clyde, Maine. Was $1,100...now $500 framed.

• Where Buffalo Roam

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted on location near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming...the light on the cottonwood trees against the dark hillside was irresistable. I really enjoyed painting the variety of texture a…

• Autumn Grandeur, Zion

  Oil, Linen Panel, 18 x 24. I was overwhelmed by the beauty and the variety of the landscape in Zion National Park and the surrounding area. This is Kolob Canyons, on the northwest corner of the park in southern Utah. Th…

• Walnut Creek

  Oil, Canvas, 2.5 x 3. Mini landscape painting on linen panel with a silver frame.

• First Day of Autumn

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This piece was painted on location at a private property which had been an old quarry. This is north of Omaha, just across the Washington County line. The river valley in the background of this…

• Nebraska Relic

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 30. This painting was commissioned as a Mother's Day gift. Painted from a collection of photographs of an old farmstead in Nebraska. Sold.

• Crescent Bay Blues

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Painted on location at Crescent Bay Park in Laguna Beach, CA. The colors of the water were the most incredible I've ever seen here!

• Along Highway 88

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This piece is from an area along Highway 88 in western Nebraska, south and west of Scottsbluff.

• Sunset Reverie

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location in Laguna Beach, California. Was $975, now $300 unframed

• Orange Crush

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. Painted during the 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival. I started this on Wednesday afternoon then was rained out when a big storm blew up. I went back the following afternoon and was able to…

• Shell Beach Majesty

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16. Painted from plein air studies. Day 5 of 12 Days of Holiday Deals...12/5/23...was $1400, now just $250 unframed.

• Timeless

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This piece was painted on El Moro Beach at the south end of Crystal Cove State Park near Laguna Beach, California. I just love these cliffs and the mist and atmosphere created from the sea spra…

• Mountain Meadow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This is a scene from Colorado and was started as a demo during one of the workshops I taught. I just decided to finish it. I loved all the variety of greens in this piece.

• Country Road

  Oil, Linen Panel, 3.5 x 2.5. This piece comes with a dark wood display easel.

• Iconic Door County

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 11. One of my favorite scenes to paint in Fish Creek, Wisconsin! The flowers are always different every year and who doesn't love the old Orange Crush sign and flag?! Truly an iconic Door County s…

• The Long Road Home

  Oil, Linen Panel, 24 x 36. This piece was painted in the studio from reference photos taken southeast of David City, Nebraska, in an area known as the Bohemian Alps.

• Against the Wind

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted during the 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival. There was very little beach left due to the high water here. The wind was crazy and so were the waves. I loved the color of the water cr…

• Along Mikulik Road

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. This piece was painted on location in some cotton fields outside of San Angelo, Texas, during the En Plein Air Texas plein air event in October 2016.

• Onions and Garlic

  Oil, Linen Panel, 3 x 3. This piece comes with a dark wood display easel.

• Impression-Ephraim Morning

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. I love painting this scene from the public beach in Ephraim, Wisconsin. The iconic white church steeples and red roofs in the morning light...and the water has never looked the same each time…

• Come Rest Awhile

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9. Painted on a private waterfront property on the Old Mission Peninsula during the 2019 Paint Grand Traverse event in Michigan.

• Toward Christoval

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. This piece was painted during the En Plein Air Texas event in October 2016. This was on a high hill above the town of Christoval. This piece was included in the American Plains Artists Signatur…

• China Cove

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. This piece was painted on location at China Cove in Point Lobos State Park in California. The shapes and colors of the cliffs here are so unusual and the turquoise water in the cove is such a…

• Hello Old Friend

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. Painted on location at Edgewood Orchard Gallery in Door County, Wisconsin. It's been several years since I've painted this old Chevy that sits behind the gallery in a grove of trees. I decided…

• Whispers on the Prairie Wind

  Oil, Linen Panel, 24 x 30. My favorite view of Courthouse and Jail Rocks near Bridgeport, Nebraska. You can almost hear ancient voices whisper in the wind as you stand here...so beautiful! This piece will be included in…

• Perfect Summer Evening

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18. Painted during the 2018 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Shell Beach Shadows

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 6. Painted on location at Shell Beach in Pismo Beach CA.

• Beach Rhythms

  Oil, Linen Panel, 18 x 14. Painted as a demo at the 2015 Plein Air Convention in Monterey, California...demonstrating how to create a studio painting from a plein air study and photos, and why it is so important to pain…

• String Lake Study

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. This is a small study painted at String Lake in Grand Teton National Park. Although the view of the mountains behind me was spectacular, I was drawn to the challenge of capturing the myriad of…

• Pianissimo

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. Painted on location at the Blodgett Canyon Overlook Trailhead near Hamilton, Montana. I stood next to Blodgett Creek listening to the soft sounds of the water gently going over the rocks, thus…

• Heaven's Glory

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This was painted overlooking Green Bay...the view from our host's home in Door County Wisconsin during the 2022 Door County Plein Air Festival. The sky was so beautiful and it was challenging…

• Spring Forest Study

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This is a quick study I did in my back yard looking into the wooded park behind our home. For two nights in a row, I studied the beautiful late afternoon light streaming through the trees with…

• Mornings Song, Reibold's Creek

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14. Painted during the 2018 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Shell Beach Serenity

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 8

• Sun and Surf

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted during the 19th Annual Laguna Plein Air Invitational.

• Flow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. Painted during the 2017 Door County Plein Air Festival at the Ridges Sanctuary in Bailey's Harbor, Wisconsin. I was really intrigued with the rocks under the stream with the reflections of the…

• Morning Reflections

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted from the public beach in Ephraim, Wisconsin, during the Door County Plein Air Festival, July 2023. This is my favorite scene to paint in Door County and I've painted a version of it ev…

• Swallowtail

  Oil, Linen Panel, 3 x 3. This piece comes with a dark wood display easel.

• On Robbins Pond

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. This was painted near Park City, Utah in September 2013...near a cabin owned by a dear artist friend of mine. Beautiful area, spectacular color and the weather was perfect too.

• Fish Creek Corner

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 9. This was my "quick paint" piece for the 2023 Door County Plein Air Festival in Door County, Wisconsin. I love this iconic corner in Fish Creek. This year the garden under the Crush sign was rea…

• The Sound of Silence

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This was painted from plein air studies and reference photos of a back country road in eastern Nebraska on a quiet cold late winter morning. Available as part of the New Visions show and sale…

• A Walk Below the Cliffs

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location at Crystal Cove State Park in Southern California.

• Morning Hike-Lily Lake

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. This piece in part of Debra's "retired painting" collection...paintings that have made the rounds at galleries and shows and just haven't found their "forever" home yet...and the prices are gr…

• Late Winter Wonder

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. Painted on location at Walnut Creek Recreation Area near Papillion, Nebraska. Painted on Monday, March 11th, 2019. We had a brief respite from the bitter cold and snow this day, so just had to…

• Sunday Regatta

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 16. Painted during the 2018 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Spring Creek Prairie

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Painted on location at the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center near Denton, Nebraska. Nebraskaland Magazine is featuring the creation of this painting in their November 2017 issue in an article…

• Late Summer Shimmer

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. This painting was started as a demo on location at Walnut Creek Recreation Area in Papillion, Nebraska. I finished it in January 2023 in the studio.

• First Bales of Spring

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x 1. This piece was painted on location just south of Cresent Iowa. I've painted this scene each year for the last four or five years but never from this vantage point. I loved the way the hay bales a…

• Lifting Fog-El Moro Canyon

  Oil, Linen Panel, 16 x 20. Painted during the 19th Annual Laguna Plein Air Invitational. Will be available for sale through LPAPA the weekend of Oct. 14-15, 2017. www.lagunapleinair.org

• Calm Before the Storm

  Oil, Linen Panel, 16 x 8 x 1. Painted for the "Where in the World Is Plein Air" 2018 event. You can view the progress videos from start to finish at www.whereintheworldispleinair.com/debra-joy-groesser/ This was painted…

• Spring Runoff

  Oil, Linen Panel, 18 x 24. A field in the western part of the county where I live on a very early spring day...the snow melt created a meandering stream through the field. I was so attracted to the abstract design of th…

• Rocky Glow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Unframed $250, Framed $300

• Joy in the Morning

  Oil, Linen Panel, 16 x 8. This is my quick paint piece painted during the 2025 Door County Plein Air Festival. I've seen these hollyhocks every year in Fish Creek and have always wanted to paint them. This is, without a…

• Sandhills Cascade

  Oil, Linen Panel, 16 x 8. This piece was painted at Wildcat Camp along the Niobrara River east of Valentine, Nebraska. This is one of three waterfalls there which are called the Three Sisters. I loved this unusual compo…

• Survivors

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted during the 2017 Door County Plein Air Festival south of Fish Creek, Wisconsin.

• Dunes Tapestry

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. Painted on location along the California coast south of Carmel. Was $1600, now only $420 framed!!

• Sedona Study

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted on location in Sedona, Arizona. Was $400 - Now $250 framed.

• Malibu Moo Memories

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7

• Smith Falls

  Oil, Linen Panel, 7 x 5. This was painted on location at Smith Falls State Park along the Niobrara River east of Valentine, Nebraska. This is the west side of the falls - I was tempted to paint the entire falls but with…

• Orchard Shadows

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Painted during the 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival. I loved the long shadows cast by the cherry trees as well as the shape of the front tree that was loaded with cherries. The colors in the…

• Afternoon Glare

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location at Heisler Park in Laguna Beach, California in October 2016. Was $975, now $490 framed.

• March Rain-Times Square

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. This painting was included in the 24th Annual American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition in 2023. This was painted in the studio from reference photos I took in New York City on…

• Da Boyz

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. This was painted for the miniature painting sale event in the 2023 Door County Plein Air Festival. Contact the Peninsula School of Art if interested in bidding on this piece!

• Under the Keyhole

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted on location at Treasure Island Park in Laguna Beach, California in January 2022. This will be included in the Small Works sale during the Door County Plein Air Festival in July 2022.

• Fort Niobrara Lily Pond

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This was one of those paintings that seemed to just paint itself! I absolutely loved the composition, the colors, the light...everything about it. This was at the lily pond at Fort Niobrara Sta…

• Ripe for the Pickin

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted at Lautenbach's County Orchard, south of Fish Creek Wisconsin, during the 2017 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Autumn on the Platte

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. This piece was painted on location along the Platte River south of Papillion, Nebraska. It was a beautiful warm autumn day and the colors were just as beautiful and warm as the day was!

• A Light Unto My Path

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted on location in Door County, Nebraska. I was so taken with the way the light was filtering softly through the trees. A challenging subject for sure!

• Niobrara Sparkle

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This piece was painted on location at Sharp's Campground along the Niobrara River east of Valentine, Nebraska. This was the view looking west from the farthest east campground on the property.…

• Big Red

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16. Painted during the 2018 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Still Waters

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. This was painted as part of the Door County Plein Air Festival 2020. It was accepted into the 2021 Oil Painters of America Western Regional Juried Exhibition. It is currently available through…

• River Bend

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Painted on location at Sharp's Campground along the Niobrara River east of Valentine NE. This painting is part of my "Yes This is Nebraska" series.

• Approaching Daybreak

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. One of two pieces I painted on the same day in Breckenridge, Colorado. The color of the mountain and the sky were so striking just before the sun came up. Was $400, now $75 unframed.

• Bully Bully

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted in the studio from plein air sketches and reference photos taken in the Kansas Flint Hills in the fall of 2011. This piece won a major award in the 2012 American Plains Artists Nationa…

• Autumn's Brilliance

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This piece was painted on location at Hazel Dell outside of Council Bluffs, Iowa. The property is owned by an artist friend who "curated" the landscaping and trees specifically for brilliant fa…

• Clear Morning-Ephraim

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted on location in Door County, Wisconsin

• View from Rocky Ford

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Painted on location at Rocky Ford looking east on the Niobrara River east of Valentine NE. This painting is part of Debra's "Yes This is Nebraska" series. This series will be exhibited in the l…

• Spring Greens

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted on location at a friend's farm north of Omaha, Nebraska. I challenged myself to capture the incredible variety of greens in this scene...there has been so much rain this spring that ev…

• Sun Worshippers

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. Painted on location at the Nelson Family Produce Farm in western Douglas County, Nebraska.

• End of the Road

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This is piece is available as part of the Door County Plein Air Festival 2020. You may bid on it beginning Monday July 27th at 10am and bidding will end on Friday August 7th at 5pm (central ti…

• Cloud Shadow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This piece was painted at Smith Falls State Park along the Niobrara River east of Valentine, Nebraska. I loved the scene when I first saw it, but as the large clouds formed and drifted across t…

• Dancing in the Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 9. This was painted on location at a farm owned by a friend of mine. I went there with the intention of painting her barn, but as I came around the corner of the barn, I saw this scene and it stop…

• Greetings from Door County

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. A really fun and different subject painted during the sunset paintout at the Door County Plein Air Festival in Sister Bay, Wisconsin. This is a "selfie spot" along the main road through town. I…

• Platte River Overlook

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. This was started on location at Mahoney State Park south of Omaha, Nebraska, and finished in the studio.

• Orange Crush Revisited

  Oil, 14 x 11. This is piece is available as part of the Door County Plein Air Festival 2020. You may bid on it beginning Monday July 27th at 10am and bidding will end on Friday August 7th at 5pm (central time). Starting…

• Then Sings My Soul...

  Oil, Linen Panel, 30 x 40. Painted in the studio from plein air studies and reference photos from Grand Teton National Park.

• Garden Celebration

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 9. This was painted on location in Door County, Wisconsin, in July 2015, during the Door County Plein Air Invitational.

• Confluence

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. This was painted on Day 1 of the "Where in the World Is" Plein Air 2015 event, June 10, 2015 with my "Yes, This is Nebraska" project in mind. I painted it on location near Plattsmouth, Nebraska…

• Grapevines and Cherry Trees

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This was painted during the 2022 Door County Plein Air Festival. This is Lautenbach's Orchard Country, where they grow cherries and grapes. I love this view of the barn, cherry trees and grape…

• Lakeside Afternoon

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 20. Painted near Elk Rapids, Michigan during the 2018 Paint Grand Traverse Plein Air Event. Was $1400 - now just $800! Save $600 on this piece now through March 31, 2021.

• Peter and the Petunias

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9. Painted during the 2018 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Gallagher Canyon

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. This piece was painted at Gallagher Canyon, southwest of Lexington, Nebraska. Was $1,100. Now $500 framed.

• Vintage Nebraska

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. I painted this on location at Soaring Wings Vineyard in Springfield, Nebraska. It was a cool gray day so I was able to work on this one for much longer than usual as the light and color stays c…

• Rebirth-Into the Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 20 x 24. This painting will be included in the 22nd Annual American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition which will be held at Gallery 1516 in Omaha NE from September 10 - December 12, 2021…

• Memories on the Beach

  Oil, Linen Panel, 7 x 5. This piece is included in the 2021 New Visions Art Show and Auction at Illume Gallery in St George Utah. You can preview all of the pieces in this show along with videos from each of the invited…

• WhereThe Wildflowers Grow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. Painted during the 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival. I was drawn to the wonderful light on the barn and the contrast of the bright red against the bright green. A bonus was the field of wil…

• Impression-Springtime

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. This painting was created for the 2019 Where in the World Is Plein Air event sponsored by Illume Gallery, The Mission Gallery and Authentique Gallery in St. George Utah. The gallery invited bot…

• Dilyn at 9

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9. Painted from life in my studio - about 90 minutes total time.

• Around the Bend-Boyer Chute

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. Painted on location at Boyer Chute, north of Omaha and east of Fort Calhoun, Nebraska.

• The Green Door

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. Painted on location near Bennington, Vermont. Included in Southwind Gallery's "Best Holiday Show Ever!" exhibition November/December 2014. Was $395, now $200 framed.

• Coastal Serenity

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. Painted on location in Rockport, Massachusetts, during the 2024 American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition opening week.

• Inspired by Monet

  Gouache, Paper, 4.7 x 6.3. First gouache painting I've done in over 20 years and it was so much fun! This piece has gone to England for the Twitter Art Exhibit 2021, a fundraiser for a leukemia charity there. This is ba…

• Summer Storm Willow Flats

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted on location at Willow Flats in Grand Teton National Park. Rain storms were skirting around me all afternoon. The warm light breaking through the clouds behind Mt. Moran was spectacular…

• Blooming Aloe-Crescent Bay

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This painting was included in the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Signature Members Exhibition. Painted on location at Crescent Bay Park in Laguna Beach, January 2022.

• Rhythm of the Platte

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Another painting which is part of my "Yes, This is Nebraska" series...painted on location on a very cold morning at the Crane Trust Visitors Center near Wood River, Nebraska.

• Viridescent

  Oil, Linen Panel, 16 x 12. Painted during the 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival at Woodwalk Gallery. I loved the contrast of the strong geometric shapes of the barn and shadows against the organic shapes of the ivy an…

• Purple Mountain Majesty

  Oil, Linen Panel, 24 x 36. This was painted in the studio from a plein air study and reference photos. Our friend and fellow artist Ned Mueller took my husband and me to this area, Mt. Baker/Mt. Shukskan, north of Seatt…

• Shimmering Morn-El Moro

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 16. This piece was started on location and finished in the studio. It was a beautiful autumn morning on top of the cliffs at Reef Point in Crystal Cove State Park north of Laguna Beach, California, when…

• Late Day Light, Dismal River

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. This was a demonstration painting I did while teaching a workshop at the Dismal River Club near Mullen, Nebraska in May 2024. It's such a beautiful place. The Nebraska Sandhills have such subtle…

• Last of the Winters Snow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. This brand new painting was part of the New Visions 2020 online exhibition.

• Morning Skies at the Vineyard

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. Painted at Ciccone Vineyards near Traverse City Michigan during the 2019 Paint Grand Traverse event. This piece is in the permanent collection of Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art in David Cit…

• Monday Morning Bliss-Ephraim Beach

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 20. Painted during the 2018 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Sunset at Dismal River

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This piece was painted as a public demonstration/lecture in Mullen, Nebraska from a plein air study I did during a workshop I taught there in May 2024.

• Four Blue Sails

  Oil, 6 x 8. This is my "Small Works" piece for the 2020 (Mostly) Virtual Door County Plein Air Festival. If you are interested in purchasing this piece please follow this link for instructions: http://www.peninsulaschoo…

• Country Sentinel

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This was painted during the 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival. The huge maple tree with it's large shadow juxtaposed against the light of the field, hay bales and distant trees was irresista…

• Back Bay Reflections

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 16. Painted on location at Back Bay in Newport Beach CA - my easel blew over as I was getting ready to clean up, planting the painting face down on the ground! After about an hour of repainting and scrap…

• Windy Morning, Ephraim

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted during the 2017 Door County Plein Air Festival in Ephraim, Wisconsin.

• Sunset Sail

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. Painted at Sister Bay, Wisconsin, during the 2013 Door County Plein Air Festival. This piece was included in the Port and Starboard III Invitational Exhibition at Debra Huse Fine Art, Newport…

• Path to the Lily Pond

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 8. Painted on location at a private property north of Omaha, Nebraska. It's one of my favorite places to paint here and is beautiful in every season. Even on gray days, as this day was, it's still…

• View From Above

  Oil, Panel, 5 x 7. Painted in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park in Michigan during the 2019 Paint Grand Traverse event.

• Morning Glory

  Oil, Linen Panel, 24 x 30. This piece was painted from a plein air study I did in April 2013 at Garrapata State Park, just south of Carmel, California. This painting has been juried into the prestigious Oil Painters of…

• Spring Day on the Platte

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. This was painted on location at a private cabin along the Platte River in eastern Nebraska. It was a perfect spring day! 75 degrees and a soft gentle breeze. A bald eagle even made an appearanc…

• Glen Lake Overlook

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Painted in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park in Michigan during the 2019 Paint Grand Traverse event.

• Sunday Brunch at Tuck Box

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This was painted on location during the Carmel Art Festival in Carmel, California, as part of the "Quick Draw" competition. I did a few little "touch ups" on it once I got it home. I love this little…

• Laguna Cliffs II

  Oil, Linen, 14 x 18. This painting was done in the studio from a plein air study I painted on location. My husband spent eight months in Laguna Beach in 1997 on a consulting project. He rented a tiny old cottage right o…

• Crane Dance

  Oil, Linen Panel, 24 x 30. Painted in the studio from reference photos and plein air studies.

• Spring in Bloom

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This plein air painting was created over two mornings in my back yard looking to the east to our neighbor's beautiful garden. The light and colors this spring have been some of the prettiest I…

• View From Menor's Ferry

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted on location at Menor's Ferry in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

• Majestic Coast

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location along the Big Sur coast in California. Just spectacular scenery here...the light, the color, the wind and the smell of the ocean... a wonderful place to paint.

• Laguna Treasure

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted during the 19th Annual Laguna Plein Air Invitational. Will be available for sale through LPAPA the weekend of Oct. 14-15, 2017. www.lagunapleinair.org

• Ranch Relic

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This was painted on location at the Farm and Ranch Museum in San Angelo, Texas, during the En Plein Air Texas plein air event in October 2016. I do love to paint old trucks and cars...there ar…

• Sanctuary

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This piece was painted on Day 2 of the "Where in the World Is" Plein Air 2015 event on June 11, 2015. I painted this on location in my back yard in Ralston, Nebraska as storms were rolling in…

• The Source

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 11. This was painted on location at Garrapata State Park in California. I've painted this scene before but from the opposite direction. Right behind where I was standing was the ocean...which this…

• Sunny Saturday Sister Bay

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Painted during the 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival Quick Paint event and sold at the live auction following the paintout. I loved the color of the water and the fact that I was able to stan…

• Last Light-Olivia's Overlook

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted at "Olivia's Overlook" near Stockbridge, Massachusetts...it was a challenge to paint the quickly moving light in the late afternoon. Such a beautiful place!

• Horseshoe Bay Farm

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted on location at Horseshoe Bay Farms in Door County, Wisconsin, during the 2023 Door County Plein Air Festival. I love the barns on this property and this is the largest (and most ornate…

• Sunset Over Grand Traverse West Bay

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 12. Painted in Traverse City, Michigan during the 2018 Paint Grand Traverse Plein Air Event.

• Autumn Glow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 6. Painted on location in Evergreen Colorado in October 2014. This will be available as part of a fundraising auction in honor of my dear friend's late baby daughter. The auction will open on Decem…

• The Marsh at Musgrove

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted on location on St Simon's Island in Georgia. The colors were so soft and subtle.

• Horseshoe Island View

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted in Peninsula State Park, Door County, Wisconsin, during the 2023 Door County Plein Air Festival. In all the years I've been invited to the festival (this was year 16!), I've never pain…

• Faith, Strength, Perseverance II

  Oil, Paper, 5 x 7. This was painted for a fundraiser for Laguna Plein Air Painters Association in May, 2020. It is based on an original painting I did in 2012 entitled "Faith, Strength and Perseverance."

• Sunrise Rowleys Bay

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted during the 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival. The sunrise was beautiful this particular morning and a real challenge to capture quickly.

• Corning Opera House

  Oil, Linen Panel, 16 x 12. Painted on location in Corning Iowa. Was $900, now $150 unframed.

• El Moro Beach View

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location at El Moro Beach on the south end of Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach CA. This piece is included in the "America the Beautiful" Virtual Art Exhibition and Sale through Mary W…

• Morning Has Broken-Ephraim Beach

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18. This piece will be featured in the 2018 American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition at the Peninsula School of Art's Guenzel Gallery in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. The exhibition runs from…

• The Power and the Glory II

  Oil, Linen Panel, 24 x 30. This painting was included in the American Impressionist Society's 15th Annual National Exhibition which was held at Abend Gallery in Denver, Colorado, October 2014. The subject is the two lan…

• Afternoon At The Beach

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. This was painted in the studio from reference photos taken along the California coast. I loved the small figures on the beach...such simple gestural shapes.

• View From Reef Point

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Painted during the 19th Annual Laguna Plein Air Invitational. Will be available for sale through LPAPA the weekend of Oct. 14-15, 2017. www.lagunapleinair.org

• El Moro View

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. This piece will be included in the 2015 Plein Air Artists Colorado National Juried Exhibition which will be held at Mary Williams Fine Art, Boulder Colorado, July 30th through August 30th, 2015.…

• Awaiting the Crowds

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Painted during the 19th Annual Laguna Plein Air Invitational. Will be available for sale through LPAPA the weekend of Oct. 14-15, 2017. www.lagunapleinair.org

• Laguna Classic

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12. Painted in the studio from plein air studies and reference photos. This is the view from the Montage Resort in Treasure Island Park.

• Beach Day-Laguna

  Oil, Linen Panel, 4 x 6. My mini painting painted for the 19th Annual Laguna Plein Air Invitational. SOLD to a wonderful new collector!

• Convergence

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted on location at Reef Point, Crystal Cove State Park north of Laguna Beach California.

• The Power and the Glory

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. It was a challenge to capture the churning waves at Garrapata State Park on this windy afternoon...not only because of the subject but because the strong winds made it a little tricky trying to…

• Turquoise Symphony

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted on location at Garrapata State Park, Big Sur California.

• Morning Song-Crescent Bay

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted during the 19th Annual Laguna Plein Air Invitational. Will be available for sale through LPAPA the weekend of Oct. 14-15, 2017. www.lagunapleinair.org

• Faith, Strength and Perseverance

  Oil, Linen Panel, 24 x 24. These cliffs have stood through centuries of adversity...crashing waves, winds and storms... shaped by the adverse conditions and on this day they were shining, beautiful and majestic in the s…

• Cottonwood Falls, 82 Degrees at 3 PM

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This painting was done in the studio from reference photos I took in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. It was painted for the Kansas 150 Exhibition and Competition which will be held in June 2011 at S…

• Lifting Fog-Shell Beach

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 8

• "The Guardians"

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. This piece was painted along 17-Mile Drive during the Carmel Art Festival in Carmel, California, May 2010. I loved the patterns created by the cypress trees as they silently stood watch over t…

• Wondrous Wild

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. Painted at Cave Point State Park, Door County, Wisconsin during the 2016 Door County Plein Air Festival. Exhilarating to paint on the edge of the cliff with the spray from Lake Michigan flying!

• A Shady Spot

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. This was painted as a study for a commissioned piece. Was $700, now $150 unframed.

• Gentle Morning Breeze

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted on location in Ephraim, Wisconsin, during the 2015 Door County Plein Air Festival. I love painting on this beach...the light and the water are always different. The little glints of li…

• Crowfoot Mountain

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 11. Painted on location in Canada. Was $900, now $150 unframed.

• View from the Vineyard

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 8. Painted at Bonobo Winery in Traverse City, Michigan during the 2018 Paint Grand Traverse Plein Air Event.

• Desert Cliffs

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location near Abiquiu, New Mexico. Was $975. Now $200 unframed.

• Canyon Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This scene is along Laguna Canyon Road on the way into Laguna Beach, California. The light and atmosphere were so beautiful in the canyon...and the colors were amazing. The hillside just glowe…

• Light and Shadow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 9. Was $1100, now $300 unframed

• West Bay View

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 16. Painted at Bonobo Winery in Traverse City, Michigan during the 2018 Paint Grand Traverse Plein Air Event.

• Monday's Gift

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location at String Lake in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

• Crystal Cove Symphony

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted on location at Crystal Cove State Park just north of Laguna Beach, California. Was $1400, now $800 framed

• Laguna Shimmer

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This piece was painted from the top of the cliffs at Crystal Cove State Park, just north of Laguna Beach. The late afternoon light shimmering on the water, and the gentle washing of the waves o…

• On The Rocks

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. This piece was painted on location at Crystal Cove, north of Laguna Beach, California. The rocks intrigued me...their shapes and how they have been up-ended and shaped by the sea. I loved the…

• Autumn Splendor

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. This painting was done on location in a canyon near Jackson, Wyoming. I was attracted to the beautiful golds and oranges of the fall foliage contrasting against the gray/blues of the stream...…

• Laundry Day Monhegan Island

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. This piece was painted in the studio from plein air and photos references. It was shown originally with the American Impressionist Society as part of their 20th Annual National Juried Exhibiti…

• Kolob Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 7 x 10. Day 1 of the "30 Paintings in 30 Days" Challenge from Leslie Saeta. There are over 1,000 artist 2015. There are over 1,000 artists around the world participating in the challenge in January 201…

• Grand View, String Lake

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. This is a classic view from String Lake in Grand Teton National Park. The surrounding landscape across the lake has changed since the first time I painted here about 15 years ago because of th…

• Sweet Memories

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. My first attempt at painting lilacs! This piece was painted from a still life in the studio. Was $975, now $200 unframed.

• Shadows of Zion

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. This was painted on location in Zion National Park in April 2013. There is something so magical about the light there, and the magnificent cliffs just take your breath away. I felt very small…

• Through the Spring Blossoms

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. For the last 50 years, I've admired the beautiful flowering trees in the spring in Wildewood Park, in the neighborhood where I grew up. Since I began plein air painting about 25 years ago, I ha…

• Enlightened

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. This was painted to about 80% completion in two sessions on location in Zion National Park in April 2013. I finished it the studio. What a challenge it was to have to paint very quickly on thi…

• Artists Point

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 9. This was painted on location at the “Grand Canyon of Yellowstone” in August 2013. I visited here twice before but was never able to paint here until this year. If not for painting for this “Leg…

• Ephraim Sunset

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted from photos references and plein air studies. Was $1200, now $400 unframed

• Zion Majesty

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 30. I took my first trip through Zion National Park in May, 2010 and have returned every year since, sometimes twice in a year, painting and capturing the majesty of this enchanted place. The brea…

• Heavenly Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

• Coastal Morning

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was painted on a beautiful late summer morning near St. George, New Brunswick, Canada. The patterns of the seaweed on the beach, sweeping back to the rocks and the lighthouse in the distance we…

• Tranquil Morning-Ephraim

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16. Painted during the 2018 Door County Plein Air Festival. Unframed.

• Afternoon Light, Mormon Row

  Oil, 8 x 10. Painted and sold during the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters' Plein Air For the Park plein air event in Grand Teton National Park, July 2017.

• Sunday Brunch

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted during the 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival. This was the first piece I did there...I loved the light and the brightly colored umbrellas. Fun and festive! Was $975.

• Magic Hour-Grand Canyon

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. This was the second painting I did during my trip to the Grand Canyon in February 2013, my second painting ever done on location there. I had to return twice to complete this one, as the light…

• Simply Grand

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 9. I’ve only been to Grand Canyon twice before this trip in February 2013, and because of time restrictions, was not able to paint either of those first trips. This is the first piece I painted on…

• Ebb and Flow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. Painted on location at Abalone Point, El Moro Beach, Crystal Cove State Park...north of Laguna Beach, California.

• Enchanted Land

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 30. The Vermillion Cliffs are north of the Grand Canyon and are part of the area known as the "Grand Staircase". When we came around the bend of the road and first saw them, they took our breath a…

• Morning at Chimney Rock

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted in the studio

• Sedona Magic

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted on location in Sedona, Arizona in February 2013.

• Streaming Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 6. Painted on location in Taos NM.

• Solitude

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This is my personal favorite of the three paintings I did during the Carmel Art Festival, Carmel, California, in May 2010. It was very gray, foggy, cloudy, overcast and chilly during the plein…

• Roses and Peonies

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 8. Painted during the "Where in the World Is" Plein Air event in June 2017.

• Texas Cotton Field

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This was painted just outside of San Angelo, Texas, during the En Plein Air Texas plein air event in October 2016. I really enjoyed painting the cotton fields here...this is one of three I did…

• Country Road

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. One of the many country roads a few miles from my studio...

• All Aglow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 16 x 8. Painted on location at Edgewood Orchard Gallery, in Door County, Wisconsin, during the 2017 Door County Plein Air Festival. The gallery grounds nearly always has incredible hollyhocks among the…

• Woodland Water Lilies

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. My favorite painting from a trip to the Berkshires in western Massachusetts with dear artist friends Becky Joy, Kami Mendlik and Kim Casebeer. This park was right off the main road north of Gre…

• Silver Symphony

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. Painted on location at Crystal Cove, north of Laguna Beach, California. The sun was going in and out when I began this piece. As I continued to paint, it became more overcast, giving the whole…

• Memories of Giverny

  Oil, Linen Panel, 30 x 40. This piece was painted in the studio based on a plein air study and reference photos. I was really intrigued by the abstract elements of design in the arrangement of the lily pads and the myri…

• Making Precious Memories

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10. Painted during the Quick Paint event near Traverse City, Michigan during the 2018 Paint Grand Traverse Plein Air Event.

• The Susan L

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. Painted in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, during the 2014 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Gray Day Heisler Park

  Oil, 11 x 14. This painting is included in the American Impressionist Society's "AIS Impressions Small Works Showcase" March 11-25th, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa CA. This piece was painted on location at Heisler Pa…

• Waning Light, Zion

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location just outside Zion National Park...the early evening light was so beautiful as it raked across the hillside as were the colors of the mountains in the shadow.

• Johnson Canyon

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. This was painted on location in Johnson Canyon, east of Kanab, Utah, not far from Zion National Park. The cliffs here are just gorgeous, even more so in the morning and afternoon light. I love…

• Perfect Day-Sister Bay

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Painted during the 2018 Door County Plein Air Festival Quick Paint.

• Afternoon Delight-Malibu Moo's

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9. Painted during the 2018 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Black Star Farms

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11. Painted at Black Star Farms near Traverse City, Michigan during the 2018 Paint Grand Traverse Plein Air Event.

• Cypress Point Glow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. This piece was painted along 17 Mile Drive on the Monterey Peninsula in California. You can see just a glimpse of the golf course on the left glowing in the sun shining through misty atmospher…

• Autumn Day Heisler Park

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This piece was painted on location at Heisler Park in Laguna Beach, California. The cliffs in this area are a bit more of a challenge as they are not as “chiseled” as some other areas along the Lagun…

• The Old Home Place

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. This was painted on location at Plum Bottom Pottery, near Egg Harbor, Wisconson, during the 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival. When I began this piece, I debated about painting more sky and…

• Herd at Rest

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location in Taos, New Mexico.

• Just Beyond

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. Painted near Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, during the 2013 Door County Plein Air Festival. Was $900, now $360 framed.

• Impression - Sister Bay

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted on location during the 2010 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Mt Moran View From String Lake

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. This was painted in the fall of 2012 in Grand Teton National Park. It was very smoky because of the many wildfires that were burning in the surrounding area, giving Mt. Moran and the sky a pinki…

• Sedona Sunset

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. This piece was painted in about 25 minutes at sunset in Sedona, Arizona. I'll be doing a larger studio piece from this study. The light was spectacular on the mesa and on the sloped hill in the…

• Zion's Last Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Unframed

• Morning Light Horseshoe Bay Farms

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Painted during the 2017 Door County Plein Air Festival in Wisconsin. I loved the reflected light on the barn from the bright light on the grass.

• Yellowstone Overlook

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted on location in Yellowstone National Park.

• Big Sky Country

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted on location near San Angelo, Texas in the fall of 2016, but I was never happy with it. I took a palette knife to it this month (Feb. 2019) and added some much needed texture and warmth…

• Winter Marsh

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. Painted on location near Charleston SC.

• Crescent Bay Sparkle

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. This was painted on location in Laguna Beach, California. As many times as I have painted in this area, I had never been to this small park located in a neighborhood along the cliffs. Such a gor…

• Last Hours Before Sunset

  Oil, Linen Panel, 18 x 24. I never tire of painting the many moods of these cliffs in Garrapata State Park, south of Carmel, California. This was late afternoon...about 2 hours before sunset. This painting was accepted…

• Breezy Morning Ephraim Beach

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted at Ephraim Beach, Ephraim, Wisconsin, during the 2016 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Treasure Island Fog

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. This piece was painted on location on a very foggy day at Treasure Island Park, Laguna Beach, California. We spend at least a week in Laguna every October and often it is foggy in the mornings a…

• Along Antelope Flats Road

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. Painted as a smaller cropped version of a plein air painting I did along Antelope Flats Road earlier this year, near Grand Teton National Park. The sliver of light in the middle ground was so be…

• Santa Fe Springtime

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This piece was painted on location just outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The location is the Nature Conservancy at the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve. The adobe walls and buildings are quintessentia…

• "At the Cliff`s Edge"

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location at Garrapata State Park in California. The light on the cliffs was stunning...it moved so quickly that it was a real challenge to capture on location. This piece was the ins…

• Poppies and Baptisia

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 11. Painted on location at the Atlanta History Center, Atlanta GA, during the 2016 Olmsted Plein Air Invitational.

• China Cove Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. This is a scene in Point Lobos State Park, south of Carmel, California. Beautiful unusually shaped cliffs, aqua green water and incredible light are what keeps me going back to paint there every…

• Calm After the Storm

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. Painted during the 2017 "Where in the World Is" Plein Air event - more information at www.whereintheworldispleinair.com

• Fishtown View

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 8. Painted in Fishtown in Leland, Michigan during the 2018 Paint Grand Traverse Plein Air Event.

• Reef Point Surf

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. Painted on location at Reef Point in Crystal Cove State Park, north of Laguna Beach, California. The light and the color of the water captivated me...

• Sea Cave

  Oil, 6 x 6. Painted on location at the north end of Crystal Cove State Park in southern California.

• Ephraim Serenity

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted and sold during the 2014 Door County Plein Air Festival, Door County, Wisconsin

• Hidden Treasure

  Oil, Linen, 18 x 24. My first painting of 2010...this place is just south of Carmel, California, in Garrapata State Park. I had painted along the top of the cliffs there during the Carmel Art Festival and discovered thi…

• Last Light Pacific Grove

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. I painted this one on location at Lovers Point, in Pacific Grove, California. The wind was brutal...and very cold... but the light was so gorgeous, I just had to paint it. It was well worth the…

• Laguna Glow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. This piece was painted on location in Laguna Beach, California, along the top of the cliffs in Heisler Park. The light is so gorgeous there...I never tire of painting it.

• Freshly Baled

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. Painted during the "Where in the World Is" Plein Air event in June 2017. Retired painting sale - was $700, now $400 framed.

• Coronation

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted during the 2017 Door County (Wisconsin) Plein Air Festival. This was painted on July 25th which was the 5th anniversary of my father's passing. I was struggling with this sunset as the…

• Among the Aspens

  Oil, 6 x 6. Painted on location near Evergreen, Colorado.

• Sunday Morning Worship

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted on a Sunday morning in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming...view is from the Willow Flats turnout.

• As the Fog Drifts In...

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. This painting was created during the Laguna Plein Air Invitational in Laguna Beach, California in October 2010. It was a challenging week weather-wise. I spent quite a long time searching for…

• Guiding Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 9. This was my Quick Paint piece from the 2017 Door County Plein Air Festival in Sister Bay, Wisconsin. I painted this view last year for the Quick Paint but did a horizontal format and included m…

• Cypress Breezes

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This piece was painted on location at Carmel Beach, in Carmel, California. The cypress trees here have so much character. There were so many people (and their dogs!) on the beach on this gorgeous da…

• Full Moon Rising

  Oil, Linen Panel, 24 x 30. This is a scene from Sedona, Arizona, painted from a combination of plein air studies and photographs. Was $3900, now $1950 framed.

• China Cove Serenity

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This is China Cove, in Point Lobos State Park, south of Carmel, California. The water is the most beautiful turquoise green. There were several seals with their pups swimming here while I was painti…

• Salt and Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 18 x 24. This is one of my favorite spots along the California coast south of Carmel. It's also one of the windiest places I've ever painted! This painting was done in the studio from a plein air study…

• Forever West

  Oil, 6 x 8. This is Castle Rock, near Cody, Wyoming. I loved the light through the clouds. the way it raked over the landscape and on the back of the cows.

• Whaler's Cove Solitude

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was painted during the 2009 Carmel Art Festival and was awarded an honorable mention. It was painted at Whaler's Cove in Point Lobos State Park, just south of Carmel, California on a very moody…

• Healing Waters

  Oil, Linen Panel, 20 x 40. Painted from a plein air reference study entitled "The Promise," this is along the shore of Lake Michigan near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. This particular spot holds a great deal of emotional sig…

• Table for Two at Moo's

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted during the 2017 Door County Plein Air Festival in Fish Creek, Wisconsin.

• Beach Find I: Sunflower

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. An experimental piece...I was inspired by this "beach find" as my husband and I were walking on the beach in southern California. The natural composition formed by the washed up sunflower and th…

• Just Chillin' In the Shade

  Oil, 14 x 18. Painted in the studio from reference photos and a plein air study. This scene is about 5 miles from my studio...a favorite place for my little granddaughter and I to go looking for cows on the bumpy countr…

• Docs Barn

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on Day 3 of the 2016 Where In The World Is Plein Air event...just northwest of Omaha, Nebraska. You can view the progress videos of this piece at http://www.whereintheworldispleinair.co…

• Mountain Whispers

  Oil, Linen, 16 x 12. This was painted in Rocky Mountain National Park over a two day period during Estes Park Plein Air, August 2009. This was a great subject to paint on a gray day and the sound of the water was so soo…

• Gentle Cascade

  Oil, Linen Panel, 24 x 18. Painted on location at the Altlanta History Center in Atlanta, Georgia, during the 2016 Olmsted Invitational Plein Air. This beautiful waterfall was in the Quarry Garden...beautiful light and…

• Snow Squall

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 24. Painted from reference photos taken during a drive across I-80 in Nebraska (my husband was driving!)...so interesting to watch the snow squalls sweeping across the land...and the sun hazily pe…

• Autumn Morning, Ephraim Beach

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 30. This is the public beach in Ephraim, Wisconsin...I've painted this scene several times during the summer (during the Door County Plein Air Festival), but never in the fall until this year. The…

• Saturday Morning Fishermans Wharf

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted on location at Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey, California, during a paintout with members of the American Impressionist Society in October 2011. I loved the little shacks along the wharf.…

• Moonrise Over Cypress

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. Last fall, I witnessed this gorgeous moonrise over Carmel Beach in California...I had just packed up my paints so had to suffice for photos and sketch notes in order to paint this one. Carmel…

• Dancing in the Morning Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 24 x 18. Painted in the studio from a plein air piece and reference photos.

• Door County Vineyard

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7

• Back Door, Twilighters

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This piece was painted as part of the Paint Topeka event and upcoming show sponsored by SouthWind Gallery in Topeka, Kansas. The exhibit will begin on July 6th. The subject is the alley view o…

• Morning Along the Coast

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. Painted from a plein air study I did along the Big Sur coast in California...such a gorgeous place. Dramatic cliffs, beautiful color and atmosphere...simply stunning.

• October Afternoon, Laguna Beach

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This was painted on location at Heisler Park in Laguna Beach, California on 10/22/09. The afternoon light was gorgeous on the cliffs...and the sound of the waves was so soothing as I painted. This pi…

• Beach Impressions

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. I loved experimenting with brighter colors and lively brushwork on this piece, making this very impressionistic.

• Garrapata Glory

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was painted on location at Garrapata State Park, south of Carmel, California. One of my favorite places to paint...I love the light and shadow patterns on the cliffs in the afternoon light.

• Morning Glow Rocky Point

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted on location at Rocky Point, along the Big Sur coast in California. A beautiful sunlit morning with beautiful atmosphere...about 3/4 of the way through this piece the fog rolled in and co…

• Incoming Tide El Moro

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This piece was painted on location at the south end of Crystal Cove State Park just north of Laguna Beach, California in October 2016.

• Early Morning-Eagle Harbor

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted and sold during the 2014 Door County Plein Air Festival, Door County, Wisconsin

• Beside Still Waters

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted in Ephraim, in Door County Wisconsin...one of the most beautiful spots on the peninsula.

• Breath of Heaven

  Oil, Linen Panel, 24 x 24. This piece was painted in the studio from reference photos and plein air studies. The subject is Garrapata State Park in California...one of my favorite places on earth. There is something so…

• Blossoms of Olmsted

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. Painted on location at the Olmsted Linear Park in Atlanta, Georgia, during Quick Paint event at the 2016 Olmsted Invitational Plein Air. These mock orange blossoms had such beautiful light and…

• Window Rhythm

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted on location at the Shops at Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia, during the 2016 Olmsted Invitational Plein Air. These violins were part of a window display for one of the stores there.

• The Work Boats

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 6. This was painted on Deer Island in New Brunswick, Canada. I loved the bright red on the boat, the light and shadow patterns and the reflections in the water. This piece has been accepted into the 2009…

• Clear Day, Point Lobos

  Oil, Linen, 14 x 11. This is one of my favorite pieces painted on location in Point Lobos State Park, near Carmel, California. The views along the trails there are simply stunning. I can't wait to go back and paint ther…

• Early Autumn in the Valley

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. My friend, Trent Gudmundsen, and I painted together near Logan, Utah, in Sept 2011. This scene stopped us in our tracks. The light...the colors...the rim lighting on the trees...there were so ma…

• Wind on the Mountain

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. One of two paintings I did on the same day in Breckenridge, Colorado. This one was late afternoon, as you can tell from the sunlight. The wind was whipping the snow up on top of the mountains...…

• Heaven on Earth

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This piece was painted during the 2008 Carmel Art Festival Plein Air Competition. I first saw this part of the Big Sur coastline in California several years ago and always wanted to return to paint…

• A Break in the Fog

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was painted at Garrapata State Park south of Carmel, California, during the Carmel Art Festival. The wind on top of the cliff had to be blowing 35 to 40 mph but it was so worth battling the win…

• The Rolling Sea

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. This was painted on location on the beach at Asilomar, along 17 Mile Drive on the Monterey Peninsula in California. The wind was pretty brutal for painting, but the rolling ocean and crashing wa…

• Fashionable Reflections

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 9. Painted on location at the Shops at Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia, during the 2016 Olmsted Invitational Plein Air. These mannequins were part of a window display for one of the boutiques there.

• The Little One

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. Available at the "Spirit" fundraiser, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney Nebraska. Visit https://mona.unk.edu/mona/ for more information.

• January Thaw

  Oil, Linen Panel, 7 x 5. Painted in my yard on a rare beautiful January day in Nebraska...only 5x7 inches in size, I painted this one completely with a #8 short flat Rosemary Ivory brush, which is about an inch wide...i…

• Teton View

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7

• Cliff Shadows

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This piece was painted during the 2008 Carmel Art Festival Plein Air Competition. This is in Garrapata, along the Big Sur Coast, just north of the spot where I painted "Heaven on Earth." Both pieces…

• Down Left Hand Fork Road

  Oil, Linen, 5 x 7. Painted on location near Logan, Utah.

• Late Summer Day

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted from a plein air study and reference photos.

• Around the Bend

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. The majority of this piece was painted "en plein air" (on location) next to the John Dunn Bridge on the Rio Grande just west of Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico. The end of this road was a launch for…

• Cliffs of Zion

  Oil, Linen Panel, 4 x 6. Painted on location in Zion National Park, June 2011. 4x6 inches. Unframed.

• Zion Shadows

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. Unframed

• Lily Lake - Psalm 147:7,8

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was painted at Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park during the Estes Park Plein Air in August 2009. The skies were threatening for much of the time I painted. Suddenly there were these dar…

• Afternoon at Lake Moraine

  Oil, Linen, 10 x 8. When I first learned about Abby Williams Hill, I was surprised to learn how many places I had painted where she also had painted a century ago, including the Canadian Rockies. This piece was painted…

• Chillin' in the Shade

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted from reference photos I took just a few miles from my studio. I was driving out in the country with my little 2 year old granddaughter, who loves to go looking for "cows and horses and s…

• String Lake

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7

• Along Old Lincoln Highway

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted along Old Lincoln Highway, north of Crescent, Iowa on a chilly misty day.

• Marshall Point Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Painted on location at Marshall Point Lighthouse, Port Clyde Maine in August 2016.

• Enchanted Twilight

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 60. This is one of the largest studio paintings I've attempted. I've always wanted to tackle a painting of the Grand Canyon. I had the chance to visit there in May 2010 just for an overnight stay. The…

• Along Co-op Road

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted in Port Clyde, Maine in three sessions a year apart! Started in August 2015 and finished in August 2016 on my second trip back to Port Clyde.

• Behind the Sawmill

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. This piece was painted at the Gold King Mine in Jerome, Arizona, during the 2014 Sedona Plein Air Festival. I walked up behind the old sawmill and the light in this scene nearly took my breath…

• Gone to Check the Lobstahs

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This piece was painted on location in two sessions in Port Clyde, Maine. I loved the challenge of making "sense" of all of the traps and stacks of "stuff" on the deck of this place as well as t…

• Struttin' in Jerome

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. I painted this rooster and chickens at the Gold King Mine in Jerome, Arizona, during the Sedona Plein Air Festival...I've never tried painting chicken "en plein air" before this...what a challe…

• The Promise

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. This piece was painted on the shore of Lake Michigan on July 26, 2012, during the Door County Plein Air Festival. It has a very personal story behind it. My father was in hospice care when I r…

• Into the Mist

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This piece was painted along 17 Mile Drive near Carmel, California on a very foggy, chilly morning during the Carmel Art Festival. The ice plant in the foreground and middle ground was gorgeous in t…

• Les Nymphaeas

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. Painted during the 2014 Door County Plein Air Festival in Door County, Wisconsin.

• Anticipation

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted at Gordon Lodge, during the 2016 Door County Plein Air Festival, Door County, Wisconsin.

• Railroad Crossing

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. This piece was painted in the studio from reference photos taken in the Kansas Flint Hills.

• Tuesday Morning-Horseshoe Bay Farms

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted and sold during the 2014 Door County Plein Air Festival, Door County, Wisconsin

• Morning Walk at Crystal Cove

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location at Crystal Cove, just north of Laguna Beach, California. I love walking on the beach here next to the old historic cottages. The morning light is almost always gorgeous...lo…

• Along the Platte

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 16. Day two of Where in the World Is Plein Air 2016...available online at http://www.whereintheworldispleinair.com/2016-artist/debra-joy-groesser/. Painted on location along the Platte River betwee…

• Autumn Skies

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7

• Kolob Canyon Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted in the studio - from plein air studies and reference photos

• Sparkling Garrapata

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted on location at Garrapata State Park, south of Carmel, California. I just loved the light on the water...the sparkle was almost blinding as I was trying to paint it!

• Day's End

  Oil, Linen, 12 x 16. This was one of our beautiful Nebraska sunsets as seen from Johnson Lake in the central part of the state. There were storms to the south and northwest, but in between....gorgeous!

• Misty Morn

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was painted on location from the pier in St. Andrews, British Columbia, on a cool misty morning. About halfway through the painting, a big fog bank rolled in and completely obliterated the view…

• A New Day Dawning

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This was painted on location along the shore of Lake Michigan near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. I painted this early in the morning two days after my father passed away...the cold gray windy day e…

• Morning Light, Ephraim

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. This piece was the first one I painted at the 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival. I've painted this same scene, on the public beach in Ephraim, Wisconsin, twice before, but this time decided…

• Late Spring Field

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Unframed

• Summer Morning Along County Road V

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted on location during the 2011 Door County (Wisconsin) Plein Air Festival. I have really enjoyed painting farm scenes lately...the simple shapes and patterns of light on them intrigue me.

• Serenity

  Oil, 6 x 6

• Autumn Glow

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 18. Painted on location near Christoval, Texas, during the En Plein Air Texas plein air event in October 2016. The sound of the river rushing over the rocks was such a soothing sound as I painted.

• Twilight at Marshall Point

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted at Marshall Point Lighthouse, Port Clyde Maine.

• Windswept

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. These windswept cypress trees leaning in the fog right on the coast, completely unprotected and vulnerable...I just loved the mood of this place and this moment.

• Along the Rio Grande

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. As the title says, this was painted in New Mexico "along the Rio Grande." A very peaceful, quiet morning in May...

• Brooks Lake Study

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This plein air oil study was completed at Brooks Lake, Wyoming on a beautiful September afternoon. The formations on the "Pinnacles" and the way the light fell on them was just gorgeous.

• Wind and Surf

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on location in Pacific Grove, California in April 2013, during the 2nd Annual Plein Air Convention. This piece was included in the 9th Annual Laguna Plein Air Painters Best of Plein Air…

• Splash!

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This is my "quick draw" painting from the Laguna Plein Air Invitational in Laguna Beach, CA, in October 2010. We had two hours to finish our paintings, then frame them and get them to the Lagu…

• Crescent Bay Afternoon

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted on location in Laguna Beach, California.

• Hillside Tapestry

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. I was really attracted to the abstract patterns of the vegetation on this hillside in California. This was along Highway 1 south of Carmel.

• Morning View

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. Painted on location near Laguna Beach, California

• Evening Ritual

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 30. If you've ever spent time at the beach on the west coast, you've probably witnessed folks gathering on the beach to watch the sunset...it's an evening ritual. This is Carmel Beach, Carmel, Cal…

• Incoming Fog

  Oil, Linen, 10 x 24. This scene is along the Big Sur coast south of Carmel. I was so intrigued by the way the fog was obscuring the distant rock and beginning to blur the left side of the scene, while the right was stil…

• Low Tide

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted on location in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada.

• Crystal Cove Memories

  Oil, 18 x 14. This is Cottage #11 at Crystal Cove, also known as the Gabriel Cottage. There is quite a history to Crystal Cove, located just north of Laguna Beach, California. After reading the history in the book "Crys…

• Vineyard Rhythm

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. Painted on location at Page Springs Vineyards in Arizona during the 2014 Sedona Plein Air Festival. I loved the light and the rhythm of the vines...they almost appeared to be dancing in the bree…

• Sunflower Field

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted in Door County, Wisconsin during the 2016 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Autumn Shadows

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6

• Alcantara Autumn

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted and sold at Alcantara Vineyards during the 2014 Sedona Plein Air Festival. This piece also won an award there!

• Path Through the Dunes

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. This small 6x6 inch painting was done in the studio from reference photos I took in Seaside, California. The light there is magnificent. The patterns and the colors of the dunes combined with th…

• Wading

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. Painted on location at an estuary near Reef Point, in Crystal Cove State Park just north of Laguna Beach, California, November 2014.

• Spring Thaw at Bear Lake

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This was painted at Rocky Mountain National Park the first weekend in June. I was painting with fellow artist, Doug Martin, who encouraged me to walk a little further down the path than I originally…

• Twin Cypress

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Painted on location near Carmel, California during the 2014 Plein Air Convention

• Gray Roofs

  Oil, Linen Panel, 4 x 6. Done as part of the "30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge" in January 2015 which is organized by Leslie Saeta. Painted from reference photos.

• Abandoned

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. Painted on location near Papillion, Nebraska.

• Spirit's Song

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. Painted (and sold!) during the Sedona Plein Air Festival in Sedona, Arizona, in October 2014.

• Autumn Begins in the Valley

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Painted from a plein air study I did near Logan, Utah. I loved the rim lighting on the trees...the fall colors were just beginning!

• Majestic Morning, Lake O'Hara

  Oil, Linen, 24 x 30. This painting is currently reserved for a museum exhibition in 2009. This was painted in the studio from a small study I did on location at Lake O'Hara in Canada. John Singer Sargent painted here in…

• Land of the Joshua Tree

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 8. This piece was painted "en plein air" (outdoors on location) outside of Wickenburg, Arizona. I had never seen a Joshua tree before...they are simply beautiful, rising about the desert floor lik…

• Clearing Skies, Bow Falls

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. The majority of this painting was done on location at Bow Falls, near Banff, Canada, in 2007, and was finished in the studio in 2009. The weather wasn't cooperating so I packed up and as soon as my…

• Morning Light, Bear Creek

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was painted at Lair O'The Bear Park, near Evergreen Colorado. There was so much color in the creek as the sunlight streamed across it.

• Between the Storms

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This was painted in Rocky Mountain National Park during the Estes Park Plein Air 2009 event. We had so much rain the week I was there painting. On this day the rain moved in much earlier than forecas…

• Sentinel of the Coast

  Oil, Linen Panel, 30 x 20. The majestic cypress trees along the California coast stand watch over the cliffs and the ocean.

• Farmstead Memories

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Painted in the studio from a plein air study

• A Walk with Friends

  Oil, Linen, 6 x 8. Carmel, California, is well known as a dog-friendly town, and any time of day you'll see scenes like this...folks walking on the beach with their loyal friends!

• River Dance

  Oil, Canvas, 2-5/8 x 3. A very small study done in late afternoon near Jackson Wyoming.

• Autumn Grazing II

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 24. This painting was done in the studio from a small plein air piece I did on location in Wyoming in September 2004.

• View from the Cabin

  Oil, Canvas, 6 x 8. Near Jackson Wyoming...painted in a short time just before dinner.

• Snow on the Way

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. $250 unframed, $300 framed

• Winter Stream

  Oil, Linen Panel, 4 x 6

• Valentine Ranch

  Oil, 9 x 12. This is a ranch along the Niobrara River outside of Valentine, Nebraska. Lots of really wonderful buildings and implements to paint here! Available at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney NE the weekend of…

• A Picture Perfect Day

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This piece was painted (and sold) during the Laguna Plein Air Invitational in Laguna Beach, California, in October 2010. The scene is Heisler Park...on what was a beautiful early afternoon. I…

• Afternoon Light, Vermillion Lakes

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This plein air piece was painted at Vermillion Lakes, in Banff, British Columbia, Canada. I decided to try an unusual composition on this piece. I also loved the sunlit trees against the shadowed mou…

• Along the River

  Oil, Canvas, 2.5 x 8

• Last Light

  Oil, Canvas, 2-5/8 x 4

• Standing Watch

  Oil, Linen, 14 x 11. This is the first painting I did on my trip to New Brunswick in August 2008. The Greens Point Lighthouse stood so majestically on top of the cliff in the morning light. The tide was coming in as I p…

• The Perfect Pumpkin

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7

• Ready, Set, Go!

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. One of my favorite things about going to the California coast is watching kids play on the beach. These two boys were debating whether or not to run into the big waves. The challenge of painti…

• Harvesting the Grapes

  Oil, Linen Panel, 16 x 20. This piece was painted in the studio from reference photos I took in France. There were several men harvesting grapes in this small family-owned vineyard/farm on a moody gray day. I loved thei…

• Grape Harvest

  Oil, Linen, 18 x 24. This was painted in the studio from reference photos I took in France. We came upon these men harvesting grapes by hand on this gray day in a very small vineyard. They gave us some of the grapes to…

• Into the Light

  Oil, Linen, 24 x 18. This painting wasaccepted into the Salon International 2008 Juried Exhibition, in San Antonio, Texas. It was painted in the studio from reference photos I took in Venice in October 2007. This is the…

• You Lookin' At Me?

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8. Unframed

• Country Twilight

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 18. This was painted in the studio from a reference photo and from memory...my husband and I were driving back from Weeping Water, Nebraska on Memorial weekend. The late day light gave everything…

• Across the Narrow Bridge

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. painted in the studio from a plein air study

• Grazing Sheep

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Unframed

• Carmel Valley Vineyard

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was painted from photos I took in Carmel Valley, California. There wasn't a safe place to pull off to paint here so had to settle for photos.

• Heading Home Down Country Roads

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Sold right off the easel! I loved the late afternoon light and the long shadows in this scene. There's something about a country road that brings back memories for many people. I've been amazed…

• Morning Light, Ephraim

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. One of my favorite places to paint in Door County, Wisconsin... the view from the public beach in Ephraim. The morning light is stunning...the long shadows on the beach, the light glinting off…

• Country Road

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Unframed.

• The Red Barn

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Painted from reference photos taken in Wisconsin in July 2011.

• Approaching Storm

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8

• Autumn Aspens

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Unframed

• Gray Morning

  Oil, Linen, 6 x 8. This was a painted one morning at Lake Zorinsky in Omaha when there were rain storms all around us...we dodged rain drops several times.

• Afternoon Grazing

  Oil, Canvas, 5 x 7

• At the Water Garden

  Oil, Linen, 6 x 8. A serene scene from Monet's Garden. This piece will be available at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art's Biennial Art Auction, March 13-15, 2008. For more information go to www.mmfa.org.

• Tranquility

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. Painted at Ephraim Public Beach, Ephraim Wisconsin, during the 2016 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Ayvalik Market

  Oil, Linen Panel, 18 x 24. Painted in the studio from reference photos I took during our trip to Turkey in September 2011. This was a marketplace in the small town of Ayvalik. I loved the strong light and shadow pattern…

• From Milios' Dock

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This piece was painted for the Vashon Island Plein Air Festival to be held in October. It will be available through the Hardware Store Gallery in Vashon, Washington (near Seattle). The light on Vasho…

• Harbor Afternoon

  Oil, Linen, 24 x 30. A beautiful June afternoon at Dana Point Harbor in California...this was painted in the studio from photos I took. I was drawn to the gorgeous light on the boats and the atmospheric feeling...it jus…

• Through the Shadows

  Oil, Linen, 16 x 12. This piece was painted in the studio from reference photos I took in Venice, Italy in October 2007. I was amazed at how quietly the gondola glided through the shadows.

• Mission Summer

  Oil, Linen Panel, 24 x 18. This is one of my favorite views of the Mission in Carmel, California. I love the light and shadow patterns as well as the vibrant colors of the flowers.

• Mission Shadows

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 6. This painting is the mission in Carmel, California. This piece is included in Mountainsong Galleries Holiday Miniature Exhibit and Sale which will be held December 4th through 6th. For more info, visi…

• Mission Light II

  Oil, Canvas, 4 x 6. Painted on a gallery wrapped canvas...needs no frame

• Afternoon Glow, Harpers Ferry

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 8

• Evolution of Earth Moving Equipment

  Oil, Linen, 24 x 30. This is a commissioned piece for the Associated General Contractors of Nebraska, depicting the evolution of road grading/earth moving equipment. For more information about this piece, please see my…

• Through the Meadow

  Oil, Linen, 9 x 12. Painted near Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, during the 2013 Door County Plein Air Festival.

• Morning Glory

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. I had to hurry and rough in the sky in less than a minute...I had been busily working on the river and didn't even notice how beautiful the sky had become.

• July Morning on the Missouri

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. Painted near the marina at Dodge Park, Omaha, on a warm July morning.

• On Broadway

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 9. Painted on location in Council Bluffs, Iowa, during the first ever "Paint the Bluffs" plein air event. This is the 100 block of Broadway...lovely old buildings along this historic stretch of ro…

• Ephraim Serenity

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was painted in Ephraim,Wisconsin during the 2009 Door County Plein Air Festival. The glints of light on the distant steeples, along with the gorgeous color and atmosphere attracted me to this s…

• This Time, Joy

  Oil, Linen, 30 x 20. This is my daughter, Erin, about 6 months pregnant with her daughter. After two miscarriages, this time...joy! This painting hangs in the Methodist Women's Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. It is an hono…

• In the Garden

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Unframed

• Like This?

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9. Original has now sold. Image is available as a limited edition giclee print on canvas - $75 unframed

• Brothers

  Oil, Linen, 12 x 16. This was a special commission of two young brothers at the reflecting pool at the Oklahoma City Memorial.

• Twilight Sail, Sister Bay

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. This piece was painted on location at the waterfront park in Sister Bay, Wisconsin, during the 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival's sunset paintout. Last year, I made the mistake of "chasing"…

• Sunrise, Rowley's Bay

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. This was sunrise on the first morning of the 2010 Door County Plein Air Festival in Wisconsin. The drive over to Rowley's Bay at 4:45 am was foggy so I wasn't anticipating a nice paintable sunr…

• Serenity, Rowley's Bay

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This was painted during the 2010 Door County Plein Air Festival and sold at the opening gala and reception. This is Rowley's Bay at the Mink River Estuary, just a couple of hours after sunrise…

• Peaceful Morning, Moonlight Bay

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was painted over two mornings at Moonlight Bay, in Door County, Wisconsin, during the Door County Plein Air Festival in July 2008. There were several people who launched their kayaks here durin…

• The Old Campsite

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This was a very calm gray morning near Cana Island and Moonlight Bay in Door County, Wisconsin. Painted as part of the Door County Plein Air Festival in July 2008.

• Narrow Bridge

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. I was recently invited to take part in a paintout in the Kansas Flint Hills with several outstanding artists. We stayed at the Flying W Ranch and painted in the area for 3 days. This scene was a…

• Autumn Morning in the Flint Hills

  Oil, Linen Panel, 10 x 20. This piece was painted on location along Silver Creek Road in the Kansas Flint Hills during a paintout with 9 other outstanding artists. The morning light was beautiful, enhancing the color an…

• Waldens Pond

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Painted on location at Walden Ponds near Boulder Colorado in June 2011.

• As the Sun Sets

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Painted on location in the Kansas Flint Hills...

• Grazing at Twilight

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Painted on location in the Kansas Flint Hills, as the sun was setting.

• Il Poggio in Panzano

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This piece was painted on my first morning in Tuscany in October 2007. The morning light was breathtaking as it streamed over the vineyards and olive trees. This was the view from Il Palagio, where w…

• View from Il Palagio

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This piece was painted in October during a trip to Tuscany. We stayed at Il Palagio, near Panzano in Chianti. The day was mostly cloudy with a few peeks of sun. I was attracted to the patterns of the…

• Flint Hills Sunset

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Painted in the studio from a plein air study

• Oh the Tales She Could Tell

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This old boat was resting at the top of the beach at the end of town in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. I loved the backlighting and was drawn to the boat's "personality". I could only imagine the stori…

• Back in the Old Days

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This piece was painted on location on the Flying W Ranch in the Kansas Flint Hills. I was painting there with 9 other outstanding artists for three days. I love painting old farm implements an…

• Days Gone By

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. I painted this piece at Three Springs, a Land Trust property, during the 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival. I had just begun sketching the barn and the shadows formed by the trees when this 1…

• Happy Days

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 11. Painted on location in Laguna Beach, California (Ruby's Restaurant).

• Chevy and Lace

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This old Chevy was surrounded by overgrowth. The Queen Anne's Lace looked as if it was purposely placed as little accessories on the car. I painted this same car during the 2009 Door County Pl…

• The Old Workhorse

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This old truck was resting behind the Overland Sheepskin Company on the edge of Taos, New Mexico. It was a fun challenge to render the many colors and the rust on the old body...such an interesting…

• Ol' Giovanni

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This old truck belongs to a couple in Arizona. I painted it as part of the Oil Painters of America "Wet Paint" exhibit at the Scottsdale Artists School in late April 2010. I loved the colors o…

• Fond Memories

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This painting was completed on location in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, during the 2009 Door County Plein Air Festival. This old Chevy had recently emerged into view after some of the surrounding brush ha…

• Afternoon Shadows at Ward-Meade

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. Painted on location at Ward-Meade Park in Topeka, Kansas. Was $395, now just $200 framed.

• Autumn Morning

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10

• A Summer Place

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. Painted in Ephraim, Wisconsin, during the 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival. I was standing in the front yard of the Eagle Harbor Inn, looking at the little peek of the harbor between the ho…

• Welcome

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This was painted on location at Sister Bay Waterfront Park, in Sister Bay, Wisconsin, during the 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival. It was 100 degrees by the time I finished this in the afte…

• On Burton Beach

  Oil, Linen, 6 x 8. Painted on location on Vashon Island, Washington. Unframed.

• Vashon Morning

  Oil, Canvas, 8 x 10. This piece was accepted into the American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition in Taos, NM, in May 2005. This is a plein air piece painted on Vashon Island, Washington.

• Down on the Farm

  Oil, Linen Panel, 7 x 5. This was painted on location near Logan, Utah. I love the way the little stream leads back to the barn filled with hay.

• A Family's Legacy

  Oil, Linen Panel, 14 x 11. Painted on location along Plum Bottom Road in Door County, Wisconsin, during the 2010 Door County Plein Air Festival. I enjoyed trying the vertical composition for this piece. The light on the…

• Sunflower Barn

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Painted on location in the Kansas Flint Hills. The light on this historic barn was beautiful. I decided to include the big Kansas sunflower that someone had painted on the barn door.

• Old Neighbors

  Oil, Linen, 12 x 16. This was painted on the grounds of Plum Bottom Pottery, near Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, during the 2009 Door County Plein Air Festival. I was attracted to the small piece of the red of the barn and the…

• Hill Country Farmstead

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was painted near Fredericksburg, in the Texas Hill Country. I loved the bright reds in contrast with the greens of the trees in the background and the subtle colors of the ground. This painting…

• Hill Country Morning

  Oil, Linen, 12 x 16. This was a beautiful compound in the the Hill Country of Texas...very reminiscent of the countryside France and Italy. The owners had several llamas, one of which "kissed" my hat several times at th…

• Weathered and Worn

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. The majority of this painting was done on location in the Texas Hill Country, near Fredericksburg. I loved this weathered old tree and how it framed the buildings in the background. This piece is in…

• The White Porch

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This lovely home is in St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, Canada. I was attracted to the brilliant afternoon light filtering through the trees onto the house and the huge wrap-around porch. The gardens sur…

• Early Spring, Harpers Ferry

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. This little 6x6 inch painting was painted on location in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. I loved the unique vantage point, standing partway up a hill looking down to the road at the bottom and the…

• "Sanctuary"

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. This piece was painted on location in the Carmel Mission's courtyard during the Carmel Art Festival in May 2010. I was looking for a "different" view than what artists normally choose. It was a…

• A Beautiful, "Moo"-tiful Morning

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. This is my "Quick Paint" piece from the 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival. It's one of my favorite subjects in Door County: Malibu Moo's Frozen Griddle...they have the best ice cream! I've pa…

• Afternoon Conversations

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 9. This piece was painted on location in Bailey's Harbor, Wisconsin, during the 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival. The festival's information booth with the red umbrellas was set up in front of…

• Klenke's Garage

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This piece was painted during the 2010 Door County Plein Air Festival in Wisconsin. I've always wanted to paint this iconic scene in Ellison Bay, but until this day the light had not been righ…

• Early Morning at Wilson's

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. The vibrant colors in the morning light on Wilson's restaurant in Ephraim, Wisconsin, just blew me away. This piece was painted during the 2010 Door County Plein Air Festival. I enjoyed paintin…

• Malibu Moo's 2

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was my "quick paint" event painting, done in two hours at the Door County Plein Air Festival. It sold at the auction following the "quick paint" for $1,150. The subject is Malibu Moo's Frozen G…

• Spring Morning at the Mission

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This piece was started "en plein air" and finished in the studio. It is the Mission in Carmel, California. I have painted this gate before but in a softer hazy light. I loved the brilliant sunshine o…

• Summer Morning at the Farm

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This was painted on an early morning in June at the farm of artist and friend Liz Vercruysse.

• It`s a "Moo"-tiful Morning at Malibu Moo`s

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. This was painted in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, during the Quick Paint event of the 2009 Door County Plein Air Festival. This is the third time I have painted "Malibu Moo's", the cutest little ice cream…

• Mimi's Place

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 12. This was painted on location at Edgewood Orchard Gallery in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, during the 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival. This is a little pump house on the property nestled between t…

• Early Morning at Mama Rose's

  Oil, Linen, 12 x 16. This is Mama Rose's Restaurant in Estes Park, Colorado. I painted this during the Estes Park Plein Air event on August 27, 2009. I fell in love with the gorgeous light and the colors in the shadows…

• Afternoon Light - Angles sur l'Anglin

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This was painted "en plein air" the same day as "Morning Fog - Angles sur l'Anglin", in a beautiful village in France. The fog from the morning had lifted by afternoon. I was so inspired by the warm…

• Morning Fog - Angles sur l'Anglin

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. A moody foggy morning in the charming village of Angle sur l'Anglin, France. I painted another one later the same day in the same location (Afternoon Light - Angles sur l'Anglin) when the buildings w…

• Malibu Moo's

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This piece was painted in Clark Park, Fish Creek, Wisconsin, during the Door County Plein Air Festival in July 2008. I decided to try a practice run for the two hour "quick paint" event which was hel…

• Saturday Morning at Moo's

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 16. This is my "Quick Paint" piece from the 2010 Door County Plein Air Festival in Wisconsin. The subject is "Malibu Moo's Frozen Griddle"... the most wonderful (and paintable!) ice cream shop in…

• The Lobster Shack

  Oil, Linen, 6 x 8. This scene was painted on Deer Island, New Brunswick, Canada. The clouds were building on the horizon as I painted this quiet scene. I loved the greens with the splash of red on the boat. The light wa…

• Cliff Dwellers

  Oil, Linen, 6 x 8. I loved the light and shadow on the cliffs and the homes above...I think I could live here! This was painted on location from the pier in Leonardville on Deer Island in New Brunswick, Canada. Unframed.

• Garden Serenity

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Unframed

• Sunlit Marsh

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This plein air piece was painted in the late afternoon at Evergreen Lake, Evergreen Colorado. The light was so beautiful on the grasses...they just glowed.

• Garden Sanctuary

  Oil, Linen Panel, 5 x 7. Unframed

• Morning Walk

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This was painted along the new walking trail near my studio...beautiful sunlight and atmosphere that morning.

• Late Day at the Vineyard

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16. This was painted in early evening at Soaring Wings Vineyard in Springfield Nebraska.

• Soaring Wings Cellar

  Oil, Linen, 6 x 8. This was painted in on a hot afternoon in July...the cool cellar was a welcome relief after painting in the heat outdoors all morning.

• Ranier View

  Oil, Canvas, 6 x 8. Painted "en plein air" from our friends' patio on Vashon Island, Washington. The mountain was "out" and was just glowing!

• Autumn in the Aspens

  Oil, Canvas, 4 x 10. This plein air piece was done in Wyoming, September 2004

• Through the Garden Gate

  Oil, Linen, 6 x 8. This is the trumpet vine covering the gate to my artist friend Liz's yard and garden. The sunlight came and went quickly with approaching rain. Unframed.

• Montmorillon Afternoon

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. After a rainy morning, the sun came out as we painted in Montmorillon, France in late September.

• Radishes

  Oil, Linen Panel, 6 x 6. Unframed

• Sweet Morning, Cottage of Sweets

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10. This painting is the Cottage of Sweets on Ocean Avenue on Carmel, California. This is such a charming little building...one I visit every time I go to Carmel. They have wonderful English candy there.…

• Afternoon Crossing

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24. Limited edition giclee print on canvas. Price is unframed. SOLD OUT - THANK YOU!