This is my all-time favorite beach, Kailua Beach, looking from Lanikai side. There used to be a lot more ironwood tees, but the sand is gradually seeping away with every tide, undermining the roots, and they fall over and get cut away. It’s still a grand beach. In the distance is Kaneohe.
I love weeping willows. When I was a kid, I walked by a whole grove of them on my way home from school, and would sit under them for a long time to get my center back before I headed on home. Although I guess it would be pretty hard to sit under this one – unless you had a boat!
Inspired by a beautiful photo of a little village in France by my friend, Jean-marc Pierres. Thank you JM!!!
The minute I saw Jean-marc Pierre’s photo of this place in France, I had to paint it! I loved the green shutters on the windows, the cypress trees, the streaky pinky sky, and those golden-hued walls. 
Sometimes I just ache to get out in the woods and kick up the gorgeous red leaves and indulge in the yellows, golds and orange colors.
.My friend Jen-marc Pierres took a lovely shot of a windmill near where he lives in France. I liked it so much I decided to paint it from his photo. Enjoy!
Available in print and giclée – contact me if you’d like one. 8 x10 and 11 x 14, matted and unmatted.
At first I thought this was way too dark to even be seen. But when you see the 11″ x 14″ giclée (print on canvas), it’s stupendous. My prints on paper are really beautiful … and then again, the giclées are 5 steps up in color and saturation. I love this!
Such a lazy day with an easy breeze, a good sail, and plenty of friends, food and drinks!
I saw the original photo of this bridge and couldn’t help but want to paint it – the paintings (mural? tiles? mosaics?} on the side of the bridge were so colorful and the light was so golden – I love it!
Inspired by a photo by Jean-marc Pierres of France! Thank you JM!!!
Come Sit with Me at the table out front! This was inspired by a beautiful photo taken by my friend, Jean-marc Pierres in France.
One of my all-time favorites, a glowing being in the middle of the forest!
The Jacaranda tree in all its splendor. We have a tiny little strip mall lined with these glorious trees. I love it when every one of them blooms at once!
A crowded afternoon in the shade of the ironwoods after a perfect day swimming and playing at Kailua Beach!
The perfect end to a perfect day at Kailua Beach!
Kayaking in the silent morning, the ocean smooth as glass, the beach behind us quiet as dawn, looking to the outer islands…
Outrigger outside Lanikai, practicing on a weekend off Kailua Beach…
A moody day on the Big Island of Hawaii…
Down the street from where I live is this luscious tree with its fabulous blanket of brilliant red flowers, blooming like a rock star year after year.
Looking up into the sun filtering through the canopy as we swing in the Hammock on a lazy, lazy day at the beach!
Sitting in the shade under the ironwoods…
The outrigger canoe clubs come down to practice in the afternoons, and this is the canoe, Kananu being brought back to its nest under the ironwood trees. You can see one of the Mokulua Islands in the far distance, past Lanikai.
Come sit in the shade and have some pupus with me! This is actually a painting of a painting of a photo I took a few years ago. Guess I like the way it feels like a sweet noon break under the Hau trees.
Looking down the hill and across the bay from Kailua side…
This is my own backyard! At sundown it’s filled with magnificent color and reflected light…how could I resist painting it?
Let’s take a walk down near the waterline at sundown, shall we?
Ko’olina, a favorite spot on the west side of Oahu in Hawaii.
Can you guess that I love trees? This one is particularly appealing to me with its profuse bloom of pinky-peachy flowers, floating above a lovely garden of tulips and petunias in outrageous fuschia.
An odd shaped sail on a little boat in the Caribbean. Believe it or not, that long sail is for real – the native sailors have used sails of this shape for generations.
There aren’t many spots where you can see a view of the iconic Diamond Head crater like this without interruption of cityscape and people on the beach. Bet you can’t guess where I took the photo for this painting!
Want to go for a stroll in the Mystery Forest? What surprises will you find there? Happy critters and invisible angels? Come and see!
