Ruby Kemp, a neighbor of Beverly's, had a garden sprinkled with so many delightful and different flowers and colors. Beverly loved to sit outside her garden and paint the magic.
June Reading, a neighbor of Beverly in Cache County, had the most exquisite garden. Beverly loved to paint there. Some of Beverly's best work is from these gardens.
Robert Reid painted the original "Against the Sky" painting which hangs at an art museum at BYU. This is a copy painted by Beverly Dobson and given to her daughter Beth as a graduation gift.
Beverly loved it when the blue penstemons bloomed in the summer hills of Utah.
The Native Americans used the penstemons to relieve toothaches, but Beverly was carried away in its poetry, reciting a poem of the wondrous flower when she showed this painting.
Beverly's painting friend, Chrystal, shared some of her lovely fruit with Beverly, who then shared it in a way that would extend its life...through her painting.
This became Beverly's favorite painting after Jay, her husband, died. The painting was based on an image of Jay working the land to prepare for planting. This was painted in Wellsville, Utah.
Jason Fenner, Beverly's grandson in Portland, OR, now owns this painting.