tulips

Location: Iowa City, IA
Subject: Felt like I was in Pella, IA for a minute... 

fire hydrant

Location: Marion, IA
Subject: Fire hydrant with some visual affects.

art show

Location: Iowa City, IA
Subject: Me at the RiverFest Art Show at Raygun --where I displayed a couple of my paintings. This was REALLY exciting for me since I've never displayed anything in an art show (minus my 1st grade fruit bowl) or publicly at all. It was a good time talking to everyone else who also had art to share.

trail

Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Subject: This nature trail and I will become friends this summer.. YAY marathon!

license plate

Location: Iowa City, IA
Subject: Saw this on a car in the softball parking lot and I loved the older/worn look to the license plate. It's just sweet.

cloud watching

Location: Iowa City, IA
Subject: Ever look up at the sky and let your imagination run free? See the dancing ghost? Or the crocodile?

mocha

Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Subject: Mocha latte that was going to get me through the day on this Friday.

train

Location: Iowa City, IA
Subject: The train decided to stop right here.  So it blocked the street and sidewalks over which it was supposed to be passing. Train was NOT winning.

coffee

Location: Marion, IA
Subject: Late nights usually result in a need for coffee the next morning. (Awful quality due to camera on my phone and not being able to find my actual picture camera).

paste

Location: Marion, IA
Subject: Molding paste on a canvas --this is the start of my next painting. I'm pretty excited to see where this one goes.. but don't want to give away too many details on here just yet!

rocks

Location: Iowa City, IA
Subject: Walking to work and I looked one way and this is what I saw. Immediately I took a picture --the colors are very neutral but I like it. To me it doesn't look like something you would normally see in stereotypical "Iowa" either.

birds on a wire

Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Subject: Birds sitting on a wire. I LOVE when they do this!

couch

Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Subject: What happens after a night of drinking..?

ice crystals

Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Subject: Ice crystals forming inside of a freezer.

railroad crossing

Location: Iowa City, IA
Subject: The controls for the barrier that comes down when a train is about to cross a road. I like the silhouette-ness of the picture.

palette

Location: Marion, IA
Subject: Colors and combinations of colors created to put on the canvas.

banana split

Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Subject: My all-time favorite treat to make at DQ (minus the banana)! YUM!

paint the rainbow

Location: Marion, IA
Subject: Part of my paintin' supplies

meow

Location: Marion, IA
Subject: Why is this mat outside the front door? DUH! Puffie is the most badass cat around town.

tigerhawk

Location: Iowa City, IA
Subject: Tigerhawk design outside of the football offices on the University of Iowa campus. GO HAWKS!