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30" x 24"
I was seized by the contrast between the stark black and white curves of the vase and the wonderful lush orange of the poppies. The squash unites the curves and color.

16" x 12"
You can take the still life out of the Southwest, but you can’t take the Southwest out of the still life.

20" x 16"
Tone studies are a traditional exercise for realist painters, but many of us love them as much as full-color work.

12" x 24"
The special moment after a fall storm in the mountains when one can first glimpse snow in the higher elevations—that harbinger of winter—still contrasted against the wonderful color of the autumn aspens

Oil on canvas
20"x16"
Inspired by Picassos'

16" x 12"
Mama Grinder, Papa Grinder, all the little grinders, and…Study in grays.

20" x 16"
Market day in Santa Fe.

16"x24"
More fun with Cubism.

11" x 14"
I first saw Westcliffe in the 1950s when we camped nearby to climb in the Crestones. It’s one of the most beautiful areas of Colorado—and the chamisas are a most glorious part of the fall in the Sourhwest.

Big Bend National Park
24"x30"
Few National Parks are harder to reach than Big Bend or more rewarding when you arrive.

Big Bend National Park
16"x20"
Sometimes I get this mad desire to flatten a scene. These naturally pink hills with the blue sky set me off.

Santa Fe, NM
24"x30"
Essence of Santa Fe.

24”x30"
Every part of the great aspens in southern Colorado is a visual feast.

24"x30"
Art about the art galleries.

Austin, Texas
18"x18"
I found this turn of turtles one January morning preparing to sail. "And thanks for all the fish…" Selected for SXArtspoken juried show.

20"x16"
My husband, Fred Fredman, with one of his Japanese actor prints.

9"x12"
Pansies survive the winter in many places, including Austin. I like doing small windows on nature that can be both realist and abstract. I think I must be a sucker for yellow flowers.

12"x16"
The tundra. What can be more wonderful than getting to timberline and discovering the world of the miniatures?

Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison, Colorado
24"x18"
This painting has a special place in my heart. I took the photograph in September of 2002, a year of terrible drought and fire in the Southwest. But then it started to rain—a couple of true rainy days while we were in Gunnison. A blessing indeed as we looked at the sadly depleted Blue Mesa Reservoir. And then there are the chamisas, which signify fall in the Southwest for me. Their glorious irresistible yellow plays a large role in many of my landscape paintings. My niece Maria Chamisa is named for them.

18"x24"
Evening near Santa Fe.

I-70 West of Green River
24"x28"
Another magical spot is the area west of Green River, WY on I-70. Utah’s magnificent rocks and canyons are on full display.

Yellowstone National Park
12"x16"
An amazing micro-world.

9"x12"
Nothing but basking until they were saved.

Marathon, Texas
16" x 20"
A riotous variety. Even in April, an oasis.

20" x 16"
And lunch. When the huge groves of aspens are turning in late September, the Conejos Mountains are from another world whose beauty leaves one in awe and filled with gratitude for the wonderful things in nature—and for chocolate bars.