A picture of two sheep on a green grassy knoll bordered by an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean and a Irish landscape backdrop.

Wild Atlantic Way

A painting of a river winding through Trondheim, Norway at 2 am under a midnight sun.

Midnight Sun In Norway

Look for the patterns of cells that have emerged in the composition as they require your eye to move around. It is a moment of natural peace.

Peaceful Journey

Highly textural paining: white, grey, gold concrete and acrylic

All that Glitters

A still life painting of a small leafy plant in a blue pot with orange fruits adding a fun pop of color. 

My Fake Citrus Plant from Target's Dollar Section

A still life of three mottled green pears in a dark brown wooden bowl, all dramatically lit from the upper right against a black background. The trio bursts forward with light, color and vibrancy in their somber setting; they are life, freshness and beauty in place of darkness

Notta Pair of Pears

A bicyclist is coasting down a blacktop bike path that curves to the left into a forest of bright yellow. 

All That is Gold

A mandala painted in mainly blues in the center of the yellow canvas. Multicolored painted circles surround the center mandala. 

Healing in Progress 

A painting of an owl standing on a branch with the last green leaf left. On the background is starring sky with a bright crescent moon.

Owl On A Branch

A painting covered in block with a gold arch beginning on the top edge, near the right corner. The arch swoops down and to the left as at thins into nothing. Below the gold arch, light pinks, blues, and greens are revealed from behind the black paint in thin streaks. 

Worsening

Bde mka ska street sign with fall leaves in background. New sign, new season.

Change

This is the portrait of a sweet dog, named Cooper.

Cooper

A painting done on location in Grand Marais, MN.  The view is from the rocks with the Sawtooth Mountains in the background. One interesting fact, since it was done on location, you can see small bugs that are stuck in the paint.

All Is Clear

A painting of a group of dark trees growing on a river bank of red earth. It's an overcast gray-violet sky with one cloud growing white as the light is starting to break through.

Stand of Trees

A painting of abstract flowers on pale-green ground in pale and deep golds and rusts and black.

Faint Perfume

A brown bowl of soup with gold and bronze colored beads and one red bead floating in it on a bold blue background

Artist Soup

A painting of a Sea Turtle from Isla Mujeres Mexico, the water is filled with colorful coral and sea life.

Isla Mujeres Sea Turtle

A close-up photograph of a lime green zinnia flower. The concentric layers of rounded petals gradate from bright green at the center to pale yellow at the edges. 

Lime Green Zinnia Flower

An impressionistic painting of a woman with her eyes closed. Half of the face is colored with red, blue, green, yellow, and orange, and half is made up of flesh tones.

"Colorful Queen"

Cattle couple, one dark brown, one golden brown, one standing, one sitting, both in profile, looking off into the distance

Real Love

Like the Lighthouse at Alexandria
all can see the erasure of a city starts 
when travelers along the coast 
witness the lighthouses are burning.

Lighthouses Are Burning - Figure 3

"The last minute addition to pink paint is how the painting got its name."

The Mystery of the Trespassing Flamingo

This from a series of small paintings of boxes, an object believed for its colors, shape and giver of pleasure.

red, yellow, blue

An abstract watercolor painting consisting of various colorful shapes and patterns, and with black dots upon a white background on the top portion. 

Surprise

An acrylic painting of a person with their morning coffee, contemplating the day. 

Morning Coffee

A watercolor image of Jay Cooke State Park with a reddish-orange cliffside with pine trees and a blue sky.

Jay Cooke State Park

Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve, CA

A painting of a yellow cabin surrounded by trees, in a quiet, early-morning setting. The sky behind the cabin glows with orange, yellow, and blue hues. There is a red hand print on the window, and a pool of red visible underneath the door. The number '28' is hung on the front of the cabin, beneath a glowing outdoor light. 

WHAT HAPPENED IN CABIN 28

Good Deal Up North

A painting of a pair of tan boobs with maple leaves over the nipples.  Has a boarder of red, orange, yellow, and brown leaves. 

Wild Atlantic Way, 2018

Deborah McQueen Coder