My Secret Garden

I've been spending a lot of my lunches at the Grace Marchant Garden.

It's an idyllic oasis, with flowers in bloom, up some very steep stairs, and minutes from my office.

There are a few cats who live nearby and like to visit me, while I sketch, too.

'If I had a Fine White Horse' - The Secret Garden Musical

The Secret Garden is one of my favorite stories of all time.

White Winter Hymnal

It's spring, but I got my last little bit of winter in a few weeks ago. 

It snowed in Tahoe & I sketched it.

White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes

the Beigeness

It's been a while since I posted some sketchbook drawings, so here you go:

Levi's Plaza during my lunch break

Poetry reading at Ampersand, my local florist shop and favorite, neighbor couple. 

Poet, Brynn Saito, pictured above in sketch. 

Perfumes from Parfums DelRae

Another lunchtime at Levi's Plaza

Seattle-Tacoma Airport

(dreaming of my trip planned for this summer)

the Beigeness - Kate Tempest

Goo Goo Doll

Dollhouse Illustrations I did several months ago for a visual display. 

There were 24 rooms in a rotating dollhouse, including 3D elements and dolls. 

It was a 3 day deadline(sketch>finish>edit), so there was very little room for correction.

Each final room display also measured 48x36 (HUGE!)

Goo Goo Dolls - Better Days

Lake Tahoe

Sketchbook drawings from my trip to Tahoe! 

The cabin where we stayed.

The woods behind us…minus the bear we saw!

The other cabin adjacent to ours.

Eider Falls at Lake Tahoe - Kate Bush

Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On

More boat quick studies...

Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On - Leadbelly

Dreaming of Paris

Dreaming of Paris - Van Dyke

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

Marina @ Fort Mason.

Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay

The Long & Winding Road

The Long & Winding Road - The Beatles

Our house, is a very, very fine house

Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young

Dog Days of Summer

Dog Days - Florence & the Machine

Summertime & the Livin' is Easy

Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime

Christmas in Nawlins

St. Louis Cathedral

New Orleans, LA.

oil on canvas.

'tis the season

Sample Gates.

Indiana University.

Surfs Up

Lands End Lookout. 

plein air study.

watercolor on soft press.

Landscape Sketchbook Studies

view from my roof: coit tower.

starbucks view.

de young courtyard.

haight street fair.

sutro baths. lands end lookout.

seal rock. lands end lookout.

Crissy Fields Forever

Alcatraz

plein air quick study.

watercolor on soft press.

San Francisco Sky Line

plein air quick study.

watercolor on soft press.

Breaking Away

Bloomington, Indiana.

watercolor on hotpress.

Feel Flows

Cairns, Australia.

watercolor on soft press.

Blowin' In The Wind

St. Peter & Paul Cathedral

North Beach. San Francisco, CA

plein air quick study. watercolor on hot press.