A few more Under the Tree

 

Lily's Place 8x10 oil

Muffin's Place 8x10 oil

Creating  Christmas Gifts for a couple of members of a family. Special places where memories are made with a couple of favorite pets.

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Under the Tree

 

Maui Lisa

 I wanted to share some of my commissions from 2025 that have now been gifted.

Love the title the client came up with as they shared the memory of a sunset on Maui. 

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January's Wolf Moon

I spent the weekend chasing the Wolf Moon. Only managed to catch it once from Apple Blossom Park overlook in Minnesota on Friday. Tried Moon-sets as well and it was always overcast. With the help of AI I managed to narrow down time for our location in the Midwest. With a little more help from family in California and Arizona I had more photo images to paint from.  

Wolf Moon Rise 8x10 oil $75

Fridays moon rise over Wisconsin Bluffs. As I searched around the area I now found some great places to see the moon come up for future Full Moons

Moon Magnet 8x10 oil $75

Thanks to Sydney's friend in Sacramento, CA, he caught this great juxtaposition of the moon and water globe in their courtyard.

Moon Over the Catalinas 8x10 SOLD

Thanks to Howard in Tuscon, AZ for the moon coming up over the mountains catching the suns last rays. 

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Next up Snow Moon, Sunday, February 1

 

My goal to paint every full moon in 2026 as my personal nocturne challenge. Now the search is on as to where I'll capture if in it's full glory and figuring out when in the nighttime it appears. If it's cloudy out I'll just have to paint what the moon illuminates.

Previous Full Moon Paintings 

Last Super Moon of  2025 -Cold Moon December 3, 2025
 

Cold Moon of  December 8x10 oil 

New Year Happenings for 2026

 

Thank you for a wonderful 2025 

and supporting my artistic en-devours.

Painting is my passion as a visual artist. Working with oils in my Onalaska home studio and outside, plein air. I'm creating art inspired by my surroundings in order to connect and engage others to embrace the extraordinary. Always searching to discover new techniques to try on canvas.

                              Join me in 2026 for the following displays and events:

Driftless Exhibit at Winona Historical Center-Dec. 2025- Feb. 2026

                                                                                                                                                                My painting Goose Island Retreat is part of a curated exhibit showcasing what makes this area so special. Show ends Feb. 27.  Slaggie Family Lobby Gallery is free to visit.

 

 

Kinstone-Spring Open House –May

Celebrate Kinstone’s season opener Sunday, May 3 for an afternoon of music, food and programs near Fountain City. I’ll be painting onsite to add to my display in the gift shop. Check out my paintings featuring Kinstone. More at Kinstonecircle.com

 

Artists Along the Trail-Plein Air Event –June 

Sat. June 6, from 7am-11am, Plein Air Painting in Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge, followed by lunch 11:30-1pm at the OWL Center, sponsored by the Friends of Trempealeau Refuge. Enjoy walking around the refuge and seeing what artists are creating, then join the artists and Friends group for a complimentary lunch.

 

 Artists from the Refuge-June 

Refuge Artists display at Elmaro Vineyard and Winery in Trempealeau in the Crush Pad for the month of June, closing reception Sunday, June 28 from 1-4. Plus I’ll be joining other artists to plein air paint during Sunday’s Street Market at Elmaro every Sunday in June 1-4.

 

From Great to Grand  -Aug.-Sept.

My artistic endeavor to capture the views, along the Great River Road and Grand Marais, through my paintings.  Opening August 12 through September 27. Reception (TBA) at Blue Heron Coffeehouse in Winona

Three Rivers-Three Artists - October

Painting friends Ellen Mc Donah, Kari Hogden and myself, joining together to paint and display our own interpretations of the Mississippi, Trempealeau and Black Rivers. In the Crush Pad at Elmaro Vineyard and Winery in Trempealeau for the month of October. Reception (TBA).                                                                                                                                                                                              

 Between the Bluffs Plein Air Painting Festival  -October   

I’ll be participating in the annual event for 2026 October 2-17.  Show opening Friday, Oct. 18 and weekend sale in La Crosse at Gallery 1802. Quick Paint Competition Saturday morning. More at betweenthebluffs.com. Experience dozens of artists creating their impression of the La Crosse area.

 

Also stop in at Red Pines Café on Brice Prairie. Featuring my oil paintings, of life on the Prairie, in their gift shop.

 

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Special Holiday Guest

 We all have that special guest for the holidays. To treat and make their memories with us special. Mine is rather famous, his name is Vincent Van-Dog.

 He's here for a week and already had me paint his portrait. Hopefully it will be dry for his family when they return to pick him up.

Vincent Van-Dog 8x10 oil

Yep just like  a celebrity his rider requested a window seat with a view of squirrels by the fire.

 

Colleen-hope you all enjoyed your holiday company. 

Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light 8x10 oil 

On Sundays Soltice I got together with artist friends and plein air painted at Kinstone in Fountain City, WI. It was sunny, the ground was covered in snow and the temps were nearing 30 degrees.

It would be my first chance to check out my new vision, as I've just completed cataract surgery. The big question in my mind was would it make me a better artist? Or was everything I did in the past now going to bother me. Well the answer is yes and no. My ability to see colors has definitely changed. I could see it in the whites. I went from incandescent lighting to a florescent tube. Basically everything had a yellowish cast to it before and now wow white was alarmingly bright. I found I was blinded every time I opened the refrigerator. I also had to adjust my smart phone, lowering the brightness at night, so low that when used it outside it was black. I thought my phone was malfunctioning. I hope it doesn't sound like I'm complaining, I grateful for my new gift of sight.

So I celebrate the holidays with eager anticipation to create and capture the wondrous colors around me through my psintings.

Enjoy your Christmas celebrations and safe travels. 

I'll be letting this  painting dry and then add it to my collection of Kinstone paintings come spring when they have there opening celebration Sunday, May 3. I hope you'll stop by as I join other artists painting and sketching on the premises. 

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Scouting for photo inspiration of winter scenes I became a Human Uber to the cats. Thanks Jamie for the photo

Kitties everywhere.

The last Super Moon of 2025

One of the best parts of painting nocturnes is when we have a full moon. This painting was from Thursday December 4. We had finished up our burgers at Trempealeau Hotel and stopped for a photo opportunity off Hwy 35 on County Rd. M. Maybe you recognized this road 

 

Cold Moon of  December 8x10 oil 

My New Years Resolution is to paint every full moon in 2026. Now the search is on as to where I'll capture if in it's full glory and figuring out when in the nighttime it appears. If it's cloudy out I'll just have to paint what the moon illuminates.

Next full moon painting to follow Saturday. January 3, peak at 5:03 am

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