Orchid

Painting by Vicky Christensen, watercolor on cold press paper 

Today's painting was inspired by a photo of an orchid I took at a botanical garden when I visited my nephew in Hawaii in 2014.

Akaka Falls

Painting by Vicky Christensen, acrylic on canvas, 16 X 12 inches

If I am keeping count correctly, I have painted three waterfalls with pastels. Today's painting is the first time I have painted a waterfall with acrylic paints. Akaka Falls is in Akaka Falls State Park, on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island, Hawaii.

Akaka Falls plummets 442 feet and is a magnificent sight. I ended up cropping the photo quite a bit for "artistic" purposes. Below is my original photo. Perhaps someday I will buy a tall canvas and paint the entire falls.