07
Sep
This is what my open studio usually looks like. The deck is full of my artwork, the studio is kind of clean, the weather is perfect, there are homemade cookies. Not this year, I'm...
24
Aug
I am part of a French Gallery that caters to the tourist trade in 35 galleries worldwide. They focus on 4 small sizes of work that they then mat and put into a glassine...
10
Aug
It's always a welcome and gratifying thrill when I hear that one of my paintings has sold online. "Flower Patterns" sold the other day through the online gallery, Zatista. It's on its way to...
27
Jul
It occurred to me recently that with all the large paintings I create, along with some minis, what about the bare walls that could use a gallery of smallish paintings? Not too big and...
13
Jul
My easel is a work of art in itself. My Dad made this for himself in 1977 and I inherited it. Because I often work on large paintings, my husband has added long cross...
29
Jun
Reworking a painting is sometimes daunting and sometimes cathartic. What started out with 10+ layers may now have twice that. This painting sat in my studio in several states of "almost finished" for almost...
15
Jun
A few weeks ago I was commissioned to do a large painting for a client in Washington. The finished size will be 60x60 but it will be shipped by rolling it so it can...
01
Jun
"Harmony and Peace" has just sold and is on it's way to Texas to a new happy home. This landscape piece was painted a year ago and little did I know at the time...
18
May
It was time for something bright, bold, and happy. The studio is my happy place and I decided to create a painting that embodies all things joyful. I came up with "Shake It Up" ...
11
May
Sometimes, it takes awhile for a painting to come together. That was the case with "Distant Memories". I wasn't sure I could ever get it where I liked it. I had a vision in...