05
Apr
I forgot I had these! While rummaging around the studio a few weeks ago a came across these water based art crayons, that's what I call them. There are a number of companies that...
22
Feb
In keeping with my obsession with color lately here is one with lots of lovely yellow hues. When I was working on this it was a cold blustery day and yellow was an ideal...
08
Feb
I have always been in love with color. Since I am in business and earn my keep creating and selling my paintings, I do have to be aware of trends in color and design...
02
Nov
These may be called sculpted canvas, crumpled canvas, or altered art. They are always a surprise when finished because I'm never exactly sure where they will end up. There are so many variables in...
05
Oct
Packaging and shipping a large painting can be difficult as well as time consuming. The industry requires a 2" padding around the whole piece in order to meet the requirements for insurance. The problem...
21
Sep
Flowers are uplifting, pretty, have a wonderful fragrance and just make me happy. As an addition to the landscape series there is now a new floral one. Flowers trigger your happy brain chemistry. Really,...
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...
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...
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...