During my first visit to Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, I felt like I was in the middle of an endless sea of flowers. It was surreal. There were so many buckets of flowers and bouquets all around, I don't know how I would even have decided which one to buy because they were all so beautiful! It was overwhelming! This lady was just one of the flower sellers, and the flowers in this painting were just a fraction of what was there. Buy with PayPal [...]
This is the festival held every year in Wilmore, Kentucky, right next to Highbridge, the first cantilever bridge in the United States. It remained the highest bridge over a navigable body of water till the early 20th century. The festival is a homecoming for Highbridge residents, but attracts folk from all around. To make the tents stand out against the background of trees, I made them all white. The other challenge was that the time of day put the sun quite high in the sky, making small shadows. However, there was enough size to them to make the painting work. Buy with PayPal [...]
While touring in Pikes Place Market in Seattle, I spied this small family waiting to cross the street. It was a fun painting to do to capture the strands of hair catching the sunlight. The girl's mother was originally in the photo, but I took her out to tell a different story. "Nani" is Hindi for "grandma". $100. Buy with PayPal [...]
