An abstract watercolor painting of a dark yellow circle with deep blue strokes across the center and active swirls of pink and dark yellow jutting out from the circle.

When Mars Had Water

A painting of a stary night sky with a full moon and a large tree focal point with different shades of green grass with violets and roses blooming with small black fairies flying through the night 

The magical night in bloom 

This is an abstract painting composed of organic shapes, curvy lines, and cool and warm colors. You might imagine a birds-eye view of a spring landscape. A mint green shape resembling a cool stream flows in the lower section of the painting, while bright yellow shapes hug the irregular shoreline. The texture is smooth and orange lines accent fluctuating shades of yellow. This painting evokes temperature changes in the air and on land.

Mint Flow

colorful representation of female with eye glasses and orange hair

Un Petit Probleme

A scene of a seafaring person, wading the water beside their small boat. The sailor looks longingly into the horizon as the foreworld obscures, fragments, and drifts away. 

Swim Call

An abstract painting of mostly blue and yellow, with one stroke of red. Soft splotches and sprays of blue watercolor paint are given more shape and structure by strokes of yellow. One of the blue splotches resembles a face in profile with a hat. In the center left of the painting is a wavy stroke of red, which separates an area of blue and an area of yellow.

When Change Comes

Painting of a woman from the shoulders up with her head tilted slightly up and to her right while looking down to the left. Her is hair pulled back and there is a warm yellow light on the left side of her face and shoulders, and the right side of her face is illuminated by a bright blue light. 

Self Portrait in Pink 

Imagine art masterpiece 

Landscape painting of a cliff view overlooking Wyalusing State Park in Wisconsin. 

Fond memories

This painting is from my imagination of a bird that turned into a person!

The Cardinal

A painting of two loons over a topographic map of White Bear Lake. 

Two Loons over White Bear Lake

A painting of a man's eye close-up, looking at the viewer.

20/20

A simple wood framed  cottage on the grounds of the Hameau de la Reine, a replica peasant village built for Marie Antoinette.

Cottage, Hameau de la Reine, Versailles

A vibrant splash of colors which symbolizes the blooms after a rainstorm. An abstraction of nature’s beauty. 

After the rain 

A nature painting on a vinyl record; a blue pond full of lily pads adorned with pink lillies and starlight.

Tiana

Painting of a man wearing a straw hat and a blue shirt against a yellow-brown background.

Bill Moeger

Portrait of two young sisters at the swimming pool in brightly colored swim suits

Swim Sisters

This is a painting of the woods being reflected in the lake.

Langton Lake

An abstract painting of active square rectilinear forms in bright red, blue, lime green, pink, grey, black and white that fills the canvas..

A Sea of Squares

Painting of the music corner of my cozy apartment containing a small library, guitar and keyboard.

Music Corner

A painting of a rooster crowing in the early morning from a rooftop in the La Candelaria neighborhood of Bogota. 

Magrugar en Bogota

A painting of a robin sitting on a branch with crabapple flowers in spring 

The robin 

Firestorm

Painting of a glowing Tahiti sunset, reflecting in pond surrounded by tropical plants and palm trees.

TAHITI SUNSET

A unique, dot-filled acrylic painting situated in the framework of a mandala with two origami cranes at the center surrounded by half moon, mango, and floral shapes. The piece has both complimentary and contrasting themes through the choice of color, style, and symmetry.

Converging Cranes

A watercolor painting of brilliant purple irises completely surrounded by rich foliage in many shades of green.

Sign of Spring

Red, purple, yellow, blue and white.
This is an abstract painting about understanding my world this last year, filled with uncertainty, unknowns, division, huge changes. Everyone’s vision and interpretation is different. I see a world with chaos & confusion along with sunshine, hope and growth. Others see a purple heart, rivers, trees, flowers amongst red passion and constant movement. What do you see & feel?

Understanding

Floral with bold color with strong value contrast and dew drops.

Spring

An abstract painting, brown and red in the background, with thick stripes of brighter blues and yellow in the midground, and a pink semicircle stroke in the foreground. 

Experiment No. 1

A painting of a toddler holding the face of his mother while she uses a nebulizer.

Healing

I dark brown vintage toy horse atop a wooden cheese wheel box, rears up with it's front hooves hovering over a red apple, on a dark purple velvet backdrop.

When Mars Had Water, 2020

Hazel Tongen