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

  • The Less You Know How to Paint, The Better

    I just finished reading Austin Kleon’s 10 Things Worth Sharing and these words made my spirit jump. “The less you know about how you do what you do, the better.”  I am teaching this summer. Today right before I read… Continue reading

    The Less You Know How to Paint, The Better

  • Spark Your Creativity: Finger Painting Tips!

    Let me start this post by saying that I am working on filling a journal with finger painted textures, words and flowers. I have a board filled with finger painted tutorials or flowers that I am confident I can finger… Continue reading

    Spark Your Creativity: Finger Painting Tips!

  • Finger Painting Flowers with Acrylic Paint and Watercolor

    I am working on a book project. In today’s post I want to share my summer flower and share my latest art assignment of teaching TK and Kinder students art. Oh, my goodness what a lesson I am learning! First… Continue reading

    Finger Painting Flowers with Acrylic Paint and Watercolor

  • Wandering Around in My Art Journal

    Do you have an art journal? A notebook or a fancy hard cover book filled with your drawings and paintings. I love starting a new project, loving the color I mixed, then using the leftover paint to add a pop… Continue reading

    Wandering Around in My Art Journal

  • Making Art is Good for You

    In this post, I want to share my latest flower painting and talk about how art doesn’t have to be good for it to be good for you. We get so focused on thinking our art is bad that we… Continue reading

    Making Art is Good for You

  • Live like it’s summer!

    It is the last day of school. You clear out your desk, have a pizza party, sign a few year books, have year-end festivities but mostly when that bell rings, freedom awaits. Having summers off is your chance to play… Continue reading

    Live like it’s summer!

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