Inspired by a group challenge on the color red.

“Dragonfly Tea” takes place on a pond with lily pads and resting dragonflies.

Elms have been my favorite kind of tree since I was a teen-ager. We had a huge one in the backyard that I would climb and watch the world go by.

This piece began with my painted background fabric, of the ocean and the night sky. I continued with an imagined landscape of a northern forest and rocky shore.

Adding to my many teapots inspired by trees, this one is underwater in a kelp forest.