I have so much fun painting and I hope you enjoy seeing what I paint!!! It is truly a gift from God!!!! Thank you God for this gift!!!! I praise you and honor you above all others!!!!!!!! That is my reasonable service!!! I am glad I don't forsake the One who gave me this gift as others do.......they will reap what they sow..............and it ain't good......but I will stay faithful NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!







Serengeti Plains



Lighthouse in Japan


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I started to paint in 1998 and now have many heavenly paintings in homes all over the world!





Thank God for this gift I can share with you!!!


















































One of my latest paintings from a trip to Cambria where I stayed at the beach and got to see elephant seals having babies! What a sight!!!

As you can tell, this is in Venice, Italy, my favorite place in the world!





This is painting one of two paintings of Christmas Scenes in Venice, Italy.
This one is small, the next one is much larger!
And here is is......not quite finished but you get the concept!
It has been very fun to paint, and very relaxing!
To me, Venice is Heaven on Earth!!!




This is the second Christmas painting I am working on. This is another Christmas scene in Venice, Italy, my favorite place in the world!

This one is large.





WHATS NEW:







I have finally completed painting 31 paintings of golf courses for a perpetual calendar with sayings on it "Life is like a golf game..........." designed to make people laugh and encourage their day.



This is one of the original golf paintings now owned by my golfing buddy!
It is very large, about 3ft by 4ft.








This was inspired by my trip to Albuquerque a few years ago.
I loved it there, what a very cool and interesting place!
Maybe I will live there soon...........








This is a pretty cottage in England
This is one of my best paintings!
It was inspired by my trip to England in the Cotswold's where my future gallery will be in a town called Broadway at the Painted House.













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These are from my first book, "Follow Me.......Butterfly"







These were some of my very first paintings done in 1998 when I started to paint.
No lessons, it is a gift from God!!!




This is how I got started back as a young girl in college.
I took a class on BUNKA (Japanese)Embroidery.


























This is one of my early paintings.......






and now........

One of my many paintings of the beach.


I like to do paintings of the woods where I grew up in Maryland.







A pretty scene in the woods.




This painting belongs to a very special investment banker in Century City

Some paintings look like scenes in Europe that I imagined from my head or saw in person when I was there and just remembered.


The Black Forest in Germany


Welcome to England!




A scene from the Cotswolds in England. Location of my future art gallery and tea shop with my other artist friend from England, Mikey!





A house in the hills of Tuscany, Italy! I LOVE Italy, so far it is my favorite place in all the world!
I love the people, the food, and the scenery and the clothes and art and everything else!

I like Italian paintings. Here is the Italian Paintings slideshow:







A Vineyard in Italy!




Here is a birds view of Venice!








I love Venice, Italy!


























Here is the "Paris Trio"!
It was hard to photograph, looks much better in person!

Next comes the "English Trio"!

























This is me in my future English garden!


A pretty house in an English garden!

This is one of my favorite heavenly paintings!















This is Yosemite.
Another place of Heaven on Earth!!!






I spent a lot of time in Yosemite in the past 7 years and these paintings reflect what I saw and love!

I love Yosemite, it is part of God's Heaven here on earth!!!





A pond like where I grew up in Maryland.



And how do you like Alaska?
I have never been there, but here is what I picture it looks like!

This is among my favorite paintings.




Since I grew up near water in Maryland and Florida, so I can picture the waves in my mind and how they move. I love painting water scenes of all kinds!

I also love painting the mountains and fields too!

This is Rio De Janiero in Brazil






One of my many colorful sunset paintings.












This painting is now owned by the King of Cameroon. I gave it to him when he came to visit the United States to see his son, The Prince!



Presenting my painting to the King of Cameroon.







This was inspired from a trip from LA to Phoenix, to Las Cruces, then up to Albuquerque, NM, and back down through the Grand Canyon route
Beautiful scenery!








This is Kenya.










This could look like Pacific Palisades Park in California but when I painted it, it just came from my imagination and thoughts!

Most of my paintings are just painted from my head and not live scenes



































Watercolor Painting of a beach somewhere in the world!


I love little hummingbirds and flowers!

One of my very first paintings in 1998





I started to learn how to paint with hummingbird and used to have a lot of hummingbird paintings. Many of them found some good homes to hang in now.
















And some new paintings from 2008~!






I like paintings of the ocean!















BOJ Shameesha mineena!!!