Adventures in Watercolor

Hi! I'm Lee Pierce and I've been playing with watercolors for more than 10 years. Painting the same subject several times will prove that it's an adventure. Watercolor has a life of it's own and you can go with the flow or try to control the outcome. I love both options.



In the Sun

Watercolors are portable. Paint on a road trip? Why not?

Cataldo Mission
Look what I found in Idaho, just outside of Coeur d'Alene. We were headed for Montana and found lots of picturesque spots on the route. A Spanish Mission in the Idaho panhandle took me by surprise.

Watercolors are versatile. They clean up easily and encourage a little experimentation.

A Sparkling Swim


Playing with watercolors and wax on sumi papers like unryu and masa for Batiks. They look fine matted and framed but can be very appealing in a float frame with all the deckle edges visible.

ACEOs or Art Cards are lots of fun to create and collect!

Hurricane Warning











Creating and collecting these affordable bits of art is what brought me to the Designing Artists Womens Group (affectionately known as DAWG)!

Stop in here often to check out all the beautiful and varied work this wonderful group of Artists has to offer.

Variety is the Spice of Life!

Since I am the first artist to post I will give you a little introduction to me. Hi, my name is Joann Y Wheeler (why the Y because there are a lot of Joann Wheeler's who are artists!)

So I am a self trained artist. I live in Maryland. My first love is china painting, however I also do watercolors, oil, decorative painting. You name it I do it. I love painting those little ACEO art cards. That's how I got in with this motley crew! :) I believe that variety is the spice of life and my work reflects that. Here a few things that I have done. All of these items are available in my ETSY SHOP. Click here---->JYWHEELER.ETSY.COM

China Painting Faux Leather Box
Watercolor ACEO
Decorative Painting - Cottage Style Acrylic