Inspired by all the Monarch butterflies in my garden. Raising many of them in my butterfly nursery, enables me to get so many of them, especially in the spring!

This agave is on Channel Drive on the bike path along Butterfly Beach in Montecito, California.

The setting sun incandesces the white flowers of this soft leaf yucca. This striking Yucca is on Channel Drive on the bike path along Butterfly Beach in Montecito, California.

This poppy-like succulent flower, sways and jitters on slender wiry stems and peeps around my garden.

The lovely Purple Crest Aeonium. They are going off everywhere in my backyard with their brilliant yellow crowns. I isolated this one to paint.

Sunflowers!  Inspired by the Summer Solstice parade that take place every year in Santa Barbara. Feeling very high-spirited, this was the result!

Hummingbirds are my favorite.  They are mysterious mysterious to me in how they're unpredictable in their movements as how they hover, fly backwards and dart every which way.

The perfect Spanish Hacienda! Adoring Mediterranean architecture, I couldn't resist painting my dream garden entrance that is in Montecito, California.

Jacaranda trees are in full blossom. Some people feel that they make a big mess, but I love to see my favorite color, glowing in contrast with our city hardscape and nature.  I'll take the mess any day!