"Tuscany's Treasure", Original Pastel, 27” x 19”, matted: 30” x 38”, $300.

"Tuscany's Treasure", Original Pastel, 27” x 19 $300.
Row upon row of Chianti's purple grapes were ready for harvest, and, inspired by the wine-to-be, I painted this piece. The vineyards in this part of Tuscany produce the grapes used in namesake Chianti wine: It's a landscape of historic olive groves, honey-colored stone farmhouses, dense forests, graceful Romanesque pievi (rural churches), handsome Renaissance villas and imposing stone castles built in the Middle Ages by Florentine and Sienese warlords.The Tuscan hills are picture postcard perfection. I simply had to paint this.

"Chianti's Bounty", Pastel Print 11" x 14" $95.

"Chianti's Bounty", Pastel Print 11" x 14" $95.

Row upon row of Chianti's purple grapes were ready for harvest, and, inspired by the wine-to-be, I painted this piece. The vineyards in this part of Tuscany produce the grapes used in namesake Chianti wine: It's a landscape of historic olive groves, honey-colored stone farmhouses, dense forests, graceful Romanesque pievi (rural churches), handsome Renaissance villas and imposing stone castles built in the Middle Ages by Florentine and Sienese warlords.

"Sunset on Fairview Lake", Original Pastel Painting, 10 1/4" x 14", Matted Size 16" x 20" $175.

Sunset on Fairview Lake, Original Pastel Painting, 10 1/4"x  14", Matted Size 16" x 20" $175.

My husband took this photo from our boat and I was inspired to paint it as a part of my series Seasons of Fairview Lake.

"Fill 'er Up!", Pastel Print 11" x 14" $95.

"Fill 'er Up!", Pastel Print  11" x 14" $95.
My Dad, Rod Martin, circa 1960, filling the tank of our old Chevy, lovingly called The Green Bomb.