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Lupine Wildflower • 2015

Everybody’s favorite! So elegant! So purple!

Forsythia!

Three Poppies

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Snippets of some of my scenic illustrations, stop by my booth at Crafty Wonderland to see the whole thing! May 2 and 3. Friday night pre-show party, Saturday tickets are timed entry. Link to info in MyURLs.
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Filled my first planter box today with my favorite tuberous begonias! Thank you @garden_fever for stocking these incredibly colorfully beautiful and easy to grow plants. One box planted, six to go.

I so ❤️ Spring.

#gardening #begonias #containergar

Tamanawas Falls high on Mt Hood, another new illustration. Swipe through to see the layers. It was a wee bit icy when favorite daughter @lilasimm and I did this hike but thanks to Yaktrax and crampons we made it to the waterfall. This will be the Dec

Crafty Wonderland is in three weeks! I’ll have a few new illustrations including this one of Mt Adams from the Sleeping Beauty trail. More than an art show, Crafty has tons of locally designed and made stuff. Scan the QR code to see all the ven

Hike at Upper Table Rock, similar to Lower Table Rock, with stunning 360 views from the top. We could see Mt McLoughlin, Diamond Peak, the rim of Crater Lake, Pilot Rock and Red Buttes on the California border. More beautiful wildflowers and trees an

Hike at Lower Table Rock today in search of the rare Dwarf Wooly Meadowfoam (Spoiler alert…found it!)(Yes Harvey was very happy) Tons of other beauties along the trail that ends up on top of Table Rock with views out to the Umpqua River Valley

A very pointy Mt McLoughlin in Southern Oregon, as seen from this prairie grassland called Whetstone Savanna Preserve where there are tons of agates. Unclear why exactly. Also lots of stickery ceanothus shrubs with little white flowers. Tomorrow we&r

Hard to capture the masses of humanity who showed up to protest today along the waterfront in Portland. The signs were the best! Mine of course says, “Save our forests!”

#handsoff2025 #protest #saveourforests #portland

I just couldn’t resist taking this photo … it’s my fabulous Hollywood Library recognizing Pantone’s 021 with a bunch of orange book covers. How cool is this???? Or is this only cool to graphic designers?

And duh, I wish I&rs

Picture perfect day for a hike in the Gorge with #favoritedaughter @lilasimm The hills are covered with the bright yellow arrowleaf balsam roots, and nestled under the oak trees you’ll find spring beauty, ball-head waterleaf, and shooting stars

Wahclella Falls, another lovely hike through a slot canyon in the Columbia River Gorge. Original digital illustration, by moi. I’ll have prints and cards at Crafty Wonderland May 3. Should be a great show! Stop by!

#originalart #illustration

We’re baaack! First day on the river for my dragon boat team! We paddled a boat (and bags of paddles and PFDs) downriver from Willamette Park to Riverplace where these beautiful boats will be docked until our season ends in June. Such a lovely

The promise of Spring is almost better than the reality.

Almost.

Pics from my noontime walk around my lovely NEP neighborhood on this first day of Spring!

#myneighborhood #spring #springishere #springpromise #firstdayofspring #walking #springflow

Back at work after a phenomenal trip to Costa Rica, I’ve just finished this illustration of the very popular Mirror Lake Trail on Mt. Hood. It really looks like this! No wonder it’s so popular. Plus it’s less than an hour from Portl

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