Houses on the Rhine

There is a terrible glare from the varnish on this painting – looks much clearer in person. I’m working on roughing out a painting in a short period of time – trying to learn how to place fewer but well placed brush strokes on the canvas.

Daffodils

I’m working on a series of floral paintings. I was playing with color in this work – painting what the mind sees instead of the actual vision.

And Giants Will Come From the North

This was a gift to my daughter – we are Norwegian. This is how the sky looked to me when I was visiting Norway – piercing blue and bright. I tried to portray how daunting it must have looked to experience a Viking ship approaching someone when the Viks were plundering through Europe.