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

  • There’s Room For Everyone!

    There’s enough love and breeze for everyone. This was a lunchtime sketch. I had five minutes and a sharpie pen. You know, it’s one of my favorites. I have blogged about it once or five times. I’ve tried to paint… Continue reading

  • Let’s Just Paint and Be Happy

    A third-grade class doing spinning art? I should have taken photos. There was blending and foregoing the brush to finger paint. Everyone started with primary colors. The colors they mixed were purple, teal, avocado green… I hadn’t planned on teaching… Continue reading

  • Three Yellow Blooms and a Dance

    Why not? I am on a roll and painting the entire page. I’m using acrylic pens and adding details. Artwork takes time. I’m glad I have it. Sometimes the idea doesn’t work. I have to layer the paint to fix… Continue reading

  • Solo Pregunta!

    Just ask! Have you read this book? It is in Spanish and English. This book is a great summer and Sunday read. This book is why I love nature! Thise first few pages of fields filled with flowers. Every color,… Continue reading

  • A poem about minding your business

    Frost your cakes while you’re doing a dance Stamp with eye glasses Wait for no one to give you a chance Paint copy paper Cut and paste a field of blooms Giving love, there’s nothing greater Design with blue, orange… Continue reading

  • Always blooming with you

    I sat under a tree. It was a hot day but the breeze and the color of the plants,flowers, and rocks had me focused on the moment. I took deep breathes. I felt energized and revived. Now that I have… Continue reading

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