Oil paintings and watercolors

Erin O’Toole is a painter working in oils and watercolor. Her work has been shown and published in galleries and books. Her interest in plants and wildlife led to illustrating the Sunset Western Garden Book, Roses and Biking and Hiking the American River. Her book, “Creating Your Own Artist’s Journal”, published by North Light Books, is about journal making, drawing and watercolor painting.  Beginning in your own backyard to sketching on the road, the book has tips on materials, composition and working from memory.