https://www.paisleywater.com/blog daily 0.75 2018-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1521066651605-32MQS9AN0KIZJV9AUSQ0/screenshot2.png Blog https://www.paisleywater.com/gallery daily 0.75 2026-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086260798-2KJ44PMA8YQM4MX7LZII/%2522Under+the+Montana+Sky%2522+Valley+Stillness.jpg Gallery - "Under the Montana Sky" Valley Stillness I drove past this old barn recently (since painting this) and there were cattle grazing all around it! The stillness wasn’t interrupted. It was enriched. You wouldn’t guess that this is close to a very busy intersection! What a mix of history and modernity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086260798-2KJ44PMA8YQM4MX7LZII/%2522Under+the+Montana+Sky%2522+Valley+Stillness.jpg Gallery - "Under the Montana Sky" Valley Stillness I drove past this old barn recently (since painting this) and there were cattle grazing all around it! The stillness wasn’t interrupted. It was enriched. You wouldn’t guess that this is close to a very busy intersection! What a mix of history and modernity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/70208870-8bb6-4016-8d07-a2918762f53c/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - Seagull at Ocean Shores One of my favorite places is Ocean Shores, WA. I grew up visiting (and camping) there a lot. Warm beaches are a nice treat, but there is nothing like the brisk chill of the Washington coast, and the pounding surf to reset the senses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086275766-K8IN6P3C7GT31FZ2H3BN/10th+St+Iris.JPG Gallery - 10th Street Iris I grew up loving Irises, especially purple ones. This particular Iris was part of a grove (see “10th Street Irises”) and the photo was taken with my then 4 grandchildren in the foreground. That adds to my fondness for these flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086311857-G5D6ATHH1WEX3ZWIJIPH/1930s+Ford+V8+Wheel.jpg Gallery - "Under the Montana Sky" 1930s Ford V8 Wheel I have a thing for old relics—they have character and a history. This was left in the shed at a family home in MT. I’d love to paint the whole truck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086338702-GVGYUL5E99YXLOV2532C/Aimee%27s+LilacsJPG.JPG Gallery - Aimee's Lilacs Lilacs have always been one of my favorite flowers…(flower, tree, flowering tree, flowering bush?) When I was in high school I was chosen to be part of the “Lilac Princess” selection process to represent my school in the “Lilac City” pageant. I didn’t win (I wasn’t popular—no, I’m not bitter.) But the process was fun and I thought my speech was great. (So did the teachers—but they didn’t get to vote.) In the speech I talked about how the Lilac was made up of small, individual flowers, but are part of a larger unit. Just like we, as individuals, have value and qualities, together, we make a community that’s beautiful, with a lovely aroma. We need each other! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086359835-UUPEYHD7XCBMPUWC4WG9/Auburn+in+Orange+and+Gold.jpg Gallery - Auburn in Orange and Gold These beauties were in Auburn, WA, and although the background in this painting represent the colors in the garden, Mt. Rainier might have been seen in the original photo. Oh my heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086383481-WPGEBMSHM540K957PU22/Audrey%27s+Lily.jpg Gallery - Audrey's Lily When my daughter was in college, she dabbled in photography and actually was able to have an art show of her own at the coffee shop where she worked. This is a painting of one of her photographs. I had the painting printed on a canvas which now hangs in her home. I don’t know if I can part with this watercolor, but I have recently painted it again and am willing to sell that one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086403996-V7VVWBRPEZND8T0RQAL7/Basil.JPG Gallery - Basil Grown in my own garden. If I had the wall space in my kitchen, I would keep this and hang it up. I use a lot a basil but may still have some of this crop in the cupboard. I also made some basil lemon salt this year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086425426-S6PI8URA9FF80Z293HNN/Blue%26Gold%2C+Green+Winged+Macaws.jpg Gallery - Blue & Gold and Green-Winged Macaws 16"x20" This photo was taken while on a trip to Florida. They are amazing birds, and the solo paintings had to be quite tall to capture the tail feathers. All my birds so far are from photos I’ve taken. You may see the same bird in a couple paintings, so obviously they like to pose for the camera! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086291477-QDV3QWZQCKXAATKWJX4L/10th+St+Irises.JPG Gallery - 10th Street Irises (Watercolor and Pen) Part of a grove of Irises where my grandchildren used to live. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086450906-U1LBHRZCYN65ZH8P3631/Cape+Florida+Light.jpg Gallery - Cape Florida Light This lighthouse is in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, at the south end of Key Biscayne, near Miami, and was built in 1825. It was such a unique experience to be sunning on the beach and have this amazing structure so close. My first painting of this lighthouse hangs in my living room, so I had to paint another one for … you? I have a love for lighthouses and am working on a Lighthouse Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086477627-Q5JLNVAULJO8UKQVCBYW/Curacao.jpg Gallery - Curaçao Curaçao is a small South Caribbean island country. This painting is of a house we saw while driving around. While it looks abandoned, I don’t believe it is. There is a live plant in one of the windows, and white linen hanging to dry in another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086242992-4UF1OAUQWZEMY949QZRZ/%2522Under+the+Montana+Sky%2522+On+the+Hillside.JPG Gallery - "Under the Montana Sky" On the Hillside I love driving through Montana and seeing all the barns and old structures. I imagine the time when a family lived and worked there. I’m so glad there is still evidence of times past. It’s grounding to my heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086554289-25MKR5LADLCNV1VL9496/Fallen+Leaves.JPG Gallery - Fallen Leaves Self explanatory. And just for fun. But being in a no-mat frame of gold sure elevates it. I may have to post a picture of it in the frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086573621-AQVZPJEAUFFR0J06KMGD/Family+Farm.JPG Gallery - Family Farm This painting is sold, but I wanted to post this for reference, and showing of my work. I didn’t get the resident ducks in this painting, but I may include them in another view of this stunning barn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086633005-U1ZD51667R8OG3L2E2UK/Great+Green+Macaw.jpg Gallery - Great Green Macaw These birds have such descriptive names, and some are known by a few different ones. This is another of my Florida birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086661997-OY0XFDML4TJORHZJU8P5/Green+Winged+Macaw.jpg Gallery - Green Winged Macaw This guy was a very large and impressive creature. We met while in Kauai, HI, where he lived in the open garden area of a beach-side hotel. He refused to give a full face view, but his colors were best displayed in this pose. I think he knew very well that this was his best side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086684637-VP7IUAE62HYDEPKAKBDS/Hay+Bale+Barn+2.JPG Gallery - Hay Bale Barn This was a fun little barn to paint. I love the reddish-brown wood; it’s such a warm accent to the harvest golds. This painting ripped while removing it from the paper block, so it’s mine now. But I may paint it again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086700213-9HZJA13X6TV2LUZRAUNX/Hoquiam+Calla+Lillies.JPG Gallery - Hoquiam Calla Lillies While driving through Hoquiam, WA, from Ocean Shores to Seattle, I spotted this weathered, shake-siding house and its garden of Calla Lillies. The beveled, leaded-glass windows aptly frame the rocking chair inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086720110-OKX6PPL4316APUZRBKCD/Kauai+Rooster.JPG Gallery - Kauai Rooster Kauai is home to thousands of free-range chickens and roosters. While there, one is awakened every morning to dueling rooster crows from either, and both, sides of the local houses. Interesting story on why you’ll find chickens everywhere, yards and parking lots, alike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086750367-7DZQQGXE8WFAZR37ZCBE/Klein+Curacao+Lighthouse.jpg Gallery - Klein Curaçao Lighthouse While in Curaçao, we took a side trip to a small island off its coast, Klein (Little) Curaçao. I believe it’s uninhabited, but a fun and bumpy ride on a sailboat to get there. This is one of the tourist destinations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086774196-DAAN8C7QKMAWQOMCEYZ3/Klein+Curacao+Sailboat.jpg Gallery - Klein Curaçao Sailboat Klein (Little) Curaçao is a small, uninhabited island off the coast of Curaćao in the south Caribbean. This wasn’t the sailboat we took to get there…that I remember. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086794774-MRYGW7SMWUMVEYRAHN1L/Lone+Wolf.JPG Gallery - Lone Wolf I called him Lone Wolf, but don’t they run in packs? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086813997-LIR8E70G6Q3NQYQMYKSX/Loose+Poppies.JPG Gallery - Loose Poppies A fun exercise in loosening up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086831457-2QLZVQCPJGVM5JYNXOTG/Morning+Gloria.JPG Gallery - Morning Gloria A sweet hen that loved to peck at my painted toenails as I sat on this porch. She often had the free run of the property, but she knew when to make her way into the bushy hedge…when the hawks were circling overhead. I don’t think the hawks eventually got to her, I think it might have been a bear. Did I mention that she lived in Montana? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086852963-Z31GCX21RHBKV2P8ZGQP/Newborn+Calf.JPG Gallery - Newborn Calf My friend and I were driving around in the country one afternoon, and we spotted this little guy in the ditch. We found the farm nearby, and told the farmer/rancher about him. Apparently he and his twin were born just the night before and he was the one who didn’t make it to the udder. Oh, he was a cutie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086871515-J29OZSVIA9E9VINVA7Z2/Ready+for+Pressing.JPG Gallery - Ready for Pressing This picture was taken at a local vineyard and winery we visited during a bike ride. What beautiful grounds and a welcome respite that day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086897739-JLHT4BTMHXCUNEMXELWS/Scarlet+Macaw.jpg Gallery - Scarlet Macaw One reason I have loved painting Macaws is that their colors are so deep and vibrant I almost have to keep checking the reference photograph to make sure I’m not imagining their brilliance! Another Florida bird whose tail feathers are as long as its body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794086921366-YHDKDI33L45FPPJ1SAHE/SuHanna.JPG Gallery - SuHanna SuHanna was my Mom’s sweet dog. A Boarder Collie and Labrador mix, she loved the water. 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But we did see them while on a 3-day hike in the Wyoming Tetons. It is amazing, the nature that grows in rock and other harsh conditions. What an encouragement to keep hiking! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794087221306-Z2MWBVUZEIMMIRXJX4O7/Ocean+Shores+Seagull.JPG Gallery - Ocean Shores Seagull One of my favorite places is Ocean Shores, WA. I grew up visiting (and camping) there a lot. Warm beaches are a nice treat, but there is nothing like the brisk chill of the Washington coast, and the pounding surf to reset the senses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794087374105-9IRQVEPZELSBAY86MKWO/Grandma+Cora%27s+Poppies.JPG Gallery - Grandma Cora's Poppies My Grandmother started painting when she was in her 50s, using oils on canvas and hard boards. I never knew her but I cherish the few paintings I have of hers. This is a watercolor I painted of one of her works. It doesn’t capture the depth of color that is characteristic of oil paints, and it was a challenge to try to get there. But it was fun and it felt like I was painting along side of her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794096993073-35W5QIB54MDLGIHQOHQF/Cape+Cod+Lighthouse.jpeg Gallery - Cape Cod Lighthouse A highlight of visiting the East Coast with friends a few years ago, was seeing so many of the lighthouses there. Especially this icon. Climbing up the inside and taking in the view was especially exciting--as you can see across Cape Cod Bay. Built in 1797, this lighthouse was moved inland 450 ft from the coastline in the late 1990s because of erosion. When I looked up these details just now, for accuracy, it shouldn’t have surprised me that there are 14 lighthouse on Cape Cod (according to that site.) This is the Nauset, or Highland, Lighthouse. Although the thumbnail of this painting looks big, it is only 4.5×7.5 inches. I originally painted it as a bookmark memory of my trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794097023459-U3RRL65N86NW0PZFF7FP/Cape+Elizabeth+Light.jpeg Gallery - Cape Elizabeth Light This was a lighthouse we could only see from afar as it was up on the hill and we were basically on the (rocky) beach. I think this was one of two lighthouse near each other, on Two Lights Rd, near Two Lights State Park. It was confusing looking it up. We’ll stick with the name Cape Elizabeth Light. As with the Cape Cod painting, this was intended to be a book mark and is 2.5×7.5 inches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c1d49b0abd045dc95799f8/1794097048242-VBX1PAA6YO7VA4U8X4PU/Spring+Point+Lighthouse.jpeg Gallery - Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse This was an impressive light house that we saw on the point of a long jut into Casco Bay, near Portland Harbor (ME), as we headed out and back on a whale-watching tour. 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