In & Around Flagstaff

A New Year’s Day

This painting was inspired by a New Year’s Day walk up on Observatory Mesa the 1st of 2022. Myself, husband and now pass

We provide food and water for our backyard birds. One cannot begin to help notice over the years, which birds are residents an

At the end of April 2022, I had just returned from the windiest (15 day looooong!) river trip I have ever been on. When we got

Just as the Lorax speaks for the trees, I speak for animals all living beings. The mammals of Flagstaff and our surrounding fo

On June 12th 2022, we saw smoke in the Dry Lake Hills from our folks’ house near Mt Elden Lookout Rd. By June 13th, what

One of the many wonderful things about our Flagstaff community, is the live music we create, dance to and appreciate together.

This was a really fun painting to create, one of those that you feel a sense of loss or sadness as soon as it is completed. Th

The “Pollinator Pathway” paintings, are the original renderings that I conceptualized for the “Pollinator Pa

I wanted to paint something simple and beautiful that honored our Flagstaff forest and also convey that feeling of nostalgia,

Every last day of school, my husband and I would throw a camping party for our son and his buddies out on our parents’ prope

If you ever stop to observe the raven (Corvus corax), you will soon realize that they are highly intelligent and social creatu

One September day while walking along the train tracks, West of downtown Flagstaff, that nostalgic feeling came over me. You k

I learn from the trees to let go of my leaves and all of the things that no longer serve me. And, when I let go, I make room f

~ in honor of my Grandmother, Alvina ~ The oldest Bristlecone Pine Tree (pinus longaeva) is over 5000 years old, making it