CORRECTION! • As mention on my opening page, a small batch of of re-print calendars went out with incorrect JULY date pages. I'm so sorry for this accidental event and have "FIX KITS" with complimentary correct JULY pages. I'm so sorru for any inconvenience this may have caused.

 

WHAT INSPIRED MY CALENDARS, JIGSAW PUZZLES AND JOURNALS . . .

1994 FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY . . . It's been a quick 32 years sharing subjects and settings I've loved enough to paint for these colorful date-keepers. I created my first one (left) as a Holiday gift in 1994 when sis Marilee suggested, "We have no more wall space! Why not create a calendar with recent "masterpieces" to enjoy all year?

DUTCH COLONIAL MEMORIES • I've painted the Codd House five times. It's easily my favorite of all our family homes. Still on the corner of 25th & Bernard on Spokane's South Hill, I love its columned brick and stucco exterior, gumwood-trimmed interior, proximity to Manito Park, and all the warm childhood memories created there. 2025 is marks 50 years of creaing Americana art, so this will be the Codd House's sixth appearance, this one a NEW FALL INTO WINTER "neighborhood" painting (see my COMMISSION page for samples of these).

FIRST COVER • The cover (left) pictured most of us Simpsons hanging Holiday lights on the front shrubbery. Dad Joe was on the ladder while Sally Mom kept the strings from tangling, a huge frustration for him. Sadly, his heart gave out in 1988 before I finished this painting, so it brought tears to Sally Mom's eyes when I gave her this nostalgic painting for Christmas 1994.

In 1994, Scott Woodward (Northgate, Seatte Kinko's manager, did 10 calendars. Today, dozens run for clients all around the U.S.A. and beyond.

 

 

ENTIRE LIST OF CALENDARS BELOW • These have come a long way since 1994. Click on the pdf here 1994 to 2026 Past Calendar List.pdf. or on the bottom of this page to see the entire list of titles, plus some vintage covers from past years •

 

 

NOTE • IMAGES BELOW of both batches of images share two seasonal covers + all 12 paintings in each calendar. PAINTINGS IN PROGRESS are noted.

 

 

PACIFIC NW SETTINGS • As Doug and I made our home in Western, WA during the first decade of our marriage, in addition to annual Spokane & Inland Calendars, past editions included calendars honoring Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, and Issaquah plus Pierce County, Snoqualmie, Snohomish, Port Townsend and the Roche Harbor (San Juans), shown by the list of titles in the pdf, "32 Years of Calendars."

 

ENTIRE LIST OF CALENDARS FROM 1994 TO 2026 • Click on this pdf to see all the Calendar titles created over the past three-plus decades plus come of the covers over the years • 1994 to 2026 Past Calendar List.pdf.

 

 

 

 

LIMITED QUANTITIES • WHAT INSPIRED MY MULTIPLE-IMAGE JIGSAW-PUZZLES

An artist I've worked with for over a decade at several Spokane art festivals, Debbie McCaullly has offered her clients puzzles for decades. In addition to my calendars, she thought that puzzles would be a goot fit for my Americana fine art.

JUST RELEASED • In late 2024, I released two more four-image jigsaw puzzles • boxes (left) and corresponding lists of painting titles with completion dates (below).

FOUR SEASONAL IMAGES ON EACH • Instead of the single traditional painting, my puzzles share four images to honor the four seasons. NOTE • There is also a Holiday edition with four memory-filled scenes • The Crescent Window at Christmas, Looff Carousel trimmed with holly, the Ice Ribbon, and a snow screne with Santa's sleigh at Arbor Crest. I hope to create a second edition Holiday art puzzle isoon!

SUBJECTS & THEMES • Each puzzle shares a theme and often a Spokane neighborhood, i.e. Gonzaga University, Manito Park, the architecture of Kirtland Cutter, and others. With the two NEW puzzles (left), the total is nine different ones since the first in 2019. Click on the "2023 Puzzle Overview" pdf to see them all. NOTE • Some are available in very limited quantities as many sold during last year's Holiday Season. Others are SOLD OUT and not in the rotation for re-printing at this time. Questions about availability, please call / text me at 206.406.1409.

FINISHED PUZZLES • When you put your last puzzle piece in its place, it shows four images with a red ribbon across identifying the titles. NOTE • The left section with the word "PUZZLE, 504 Pieces" and my logo are not visible.

The final size is 16x20 inches, fitting into standard-size frames available at craft stores like Michaels, Hobby Lobby, and more. Framed puzzles can make a fun addition to family room walls. NOTE • Thanks to so many of you who've sent me photos of your finished "masterpieces." NEW recent puzzles ititles nclude:

 

 

" . . .AND MORE" . . . PART OF THIS PAGE • NEW "SPOKANE / INLAND NW" JOURNALS are under consideration for a project start date of early 2026. For now, the NEW "WASHINGTON STATE" JOURNALS will remain on the back burner. Please check this page for details going forward. These spiral-bound books have 44 full-color images with histories and / or stories for each featured painting. Highlight • As the journals are not date-specific, they have a perpetual shelf-life with the holidays that don't move noted (i.e. Independence Day, Christmas, etc.). Each date page features quotes to inspire. Highlight • I'll share cover photos on this page when the product gets underway.

 

 

 

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