A Painted Garden

sage green acrylic paint colors and a water cup

Shares Her Love of Nature With the World

Watercolor flower bouquet of pink peach and red flowers

Welcome to A Painted Garden- a space where art, nature, and emotion bloom together.

I’m an expressive painter inspired by flowers, gardens, moonlight, and the quiet magic of the natural world. My work is rooted in feeling-the calm of a breeze, the warmth of the sun, the color of orange roses, and the sense of peace you find when you slow down and simply be.

My abstract floral paintings are loose, layered, and full of life-warmth, playful, and created to bring optimism into your everyday.

This is a creative journal of my art adventures-a place where I share my inspiration, process, and the beauty I find in everyday moments.

the words stay weird surrounded by pink wildflowers
Color mixing with Liquitex acrylic paint
Abstract Watercolor Peach Pink Flowers in Blue Pitcher Painting

Nature art for peace, warmth, and optimism in everyday life

a book about how animals are unique and so are we

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Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don’t forget to have art in your life – music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets. -Eric Carle

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Posting Every Wednesday and Saturday

Sometimes I post more because I always have creative ideas and art inspiration to share!

Latest Posts

  • Creating Art: My Beginning Journey to Surface Pattern Design

    I am super excited to share my collection and most importantly what I have learned! I wanted to prove to myself that I could create a surface pattern design. There are many resources out there. If I can do it,… Continue reading

    Creating Art: My Beginning Journey to Surface Pattern Design

  • My Purple Paintings

    This is a recent painting. I love all the different purples and the fact that I painted with my fingers is cool too! Maybe I should turn this flower into a pattern? Here are my other purple paintings and color… Continue reading

    My Purple Paintings

  • Happenings In My Creative Space

    It has been days since I have painted. I thought about it today. In that sense I guess I am getting better. I am. It’s like that Johnny Cash song, “Everyone keeps on moving and that’s what tortures me.” Making… Continue reading

    Happenings In My Creative Space

  • If I were going to open a shop, what would I sell?

    In the words of Littel Mermaid’s Ariel, I would sell gadgets and gizmos of all sorts. Yes, a shop filled with odds and ends used to paint lovely textures. You would walk in to a big cabinet of curiosities and… Continue reading

    If I were going to open a shop, what would I sell?

  • Creative Candle Lid Stamping Idea: A Word Poster

    I remember stamping with a candle lid. Fun times. So, I was looking through past posts, deleting most of them, before finding my make poster. I just gathered my supplies. Yes, I used the spray bottle watercolor idea from The… Continue reading

    Creative Candle Lid Stamping Idea: A Word Poster

  • Blue Moon Sunflowers

    I have been going through my art and running it by Austin Kleon’s So What Test. What an eye opener! Bloom Moon Sunflowers is a good name for these blue flowers. I don’t know what color of blue I used.… Continue reading

    Blue Moon Sunflowers

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