"Blazing Sunset" and "Pa hay okee Sunset" have been selected for the Business for the Arts of Broward 2021 Art & Soul Annual Exhibit. Show runs online from May 1 - 31.

Blazing Sunset: The sky lit-up as if on fire this late fall night of freezing temperatures and bone-chilling winds at the highest elevation in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome at 6,643 feet. 

Pa-hay-okee Sunset: Photographed in Everglades National Park on a cool and windy early spring evening. Pa-hay-okee is Seminole for grassy river. It bought me such peace to experienc this sunset.

For purchases and inquiries go to https://www.bfabroward.org/programs/art-and-soul/ or contact @robynvegas, rvegas@bfabroward.org

After six years serving as President of the National League of American Pen Women - Fort Lauderdale Branch, I officially stepped down this past Thursday at our annual Achievement Awards luncheon meeting, currently held on Zoom. It's been a pleasure and sincere honor to serve this creative and accomplished cadre of women artists - visual, letters and music composition. The Board really "got" me with surprise gifts personally delivered during the meeting along with this heart-felt video that pretty much captures the spirit and all that we accomplished together. Big Thank You from my Grateful Heart! Enjoy!

Extra Big Thanks to original art by Pat Brooks.

​Watch the video tribute​

Honored to be among the 22 artists whose works were juried into this important exhibition at ArtServe spotlights our changing environment caused by human destruction. 

My piece "Disappearing Hemlock" was photographed during my Artist in Residency at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I was so taken with the golden sun rays passing through the forest mixing with the warm scents of fall, allspice, cinnamon, and lemon. Later I learned that this beauty belies the massive destruction all around. Forests throughout the Smokies are undergoing a major ecological shift due to the die-off of millions of hemlocks caused by the hemlock woolly adelgid. This nonnative forest insect pest is believed to have come to the United States in the early 1900s from Japan, transported over by humans.  

First discovered in the park in 2002, humans continue to spread the insects through firewood. Forestry experts say their loss will affect everything from stream temperatures to forest composition. Although hemlocks can live up to 600 years, a woolly adelgid can kill a tree in just three to 10 years.  

24" x 36" on metal

"I Am Women" was juried into this impressive exhibit from many notable local women artists. Send email for inquiries. 24" x 36" on metal.

Click to Read all about it here. Excited and Honored to be the photography virtual artist in residence for this most worthy organization. 

You can view the online gallery here. Proceeds from all sales support the Center for Great Apes.

Note Cards, Matted Prints, Book and Wall Art, Oh My . . . It will be here before we know it. Consider surprising your Irish friends and/or those who love all things Irish with fine art taken during my Artist Residency to the Wild Atlantic Way. See the Ireland Collection for your favorite prints. Perhaps an 8 x 10 matted print or see the Store to get them all the image in the coffee-table sized, high-gloss photobook. ​Contact me via the website or email direct and I'll get right back. Go raibh maith agat!

Bonnet House Museum & Gardens through March 8th, both 12 x 12 inches on metal: "Loxahatchee Sunset" and "Totality" See more of the 12 x 12 Collection. 

National League of American Pen Women "Annual Juried Exhibit". It's virtual this year. Incredible art if I say so myself. My pieces are #32 "Starry Night Over the Rockies" and #33 "Moon Over the Marsh". Both are 24 x 36 on metal. Shipping throughout US. Available smaller sizes. Just let me know. Click to view exhibit from the comfort of your home. 

​Collector's Gallery and Framery Excited that many of my works from the FloridaScapes collection are available here. Shown above "Early Morning Fog" 24x36 and 30 x 40. Read More

Honored to be asked to write a guest blog for the Friends of the Smokies. This organization is the primary sponsor for the Artist-In-Residence program at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Writing this article was a wonderful way to relive so many special adventures to capture the beauty and wonder of this land, its nature, its spirit and the essence of the pioneers who settled here and gave up their homesteads so we could enjoy this park today. Click to Read the Blog Post.