“Mont Saint Michel”Watercolor Print 16" x 12.5" $105.

 “Mont Saint Michel”Watercolor Print 16" x 12.5" $105.

It is a glorious sight: the slender spires, stout ramparts and rocky slopes of Mont St-Michel rising dramatically from the sea – or towering over sands laid bare by the receding tide. Both the abbey and the narrow alleys below transport me back to the Middle Ages.

“A Glimpse of Gordes”, Watercolor, Print 5" x 12" $105.

“A Glimpse of Gordes”, Watercolor, Print 5" x 12" $105.Gordes with its houses of white and gray stone rise up in a spiral around the rock where the village is set. Tiny streets which climb up between the tall houses.  There are beautiful old doorways, arcades and walls of flat stone perfectly restored, and on the other side, there is the panorama of the valley. At the very top is the church and the castle which face out onto the hills of the Luberon.  Due to its privileged position, its exceptional charm and its typical architecture, Gordes has been listed as "one of the most beautiful villages of France". 

"The Ochres of Rousillon" Watercolor Print 12.5 x 16.5" $105.

"The Ochres of Rousillon" Watercolor Print 12.5 x 16.5" $105.Classed among the “most beautiful villages of France”, Roussillon is full of simple houses with painted in ochre from gold to sienna with all the shades of pink and red.  Ochre is everywhere, in the landscape, the building façades and also in the hearts of the people to whom the pigment provided a livelihood up to the 20th century.  I think this is my favorite villages-perchés (perched village) in all of Provence.

"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.