How is the artwork coming along?  You ask…. I promised you last week that I would include current images of the artwork. Although, it has been several days that I have sat with the paintings and they have had nothing to share with me, no insights to what might be the next step. It is […]

Spending Monday in the studio has really been a great way to begin my week. I feel that I have been able to focus more and get some really good work done, both on the off the easel. The paintings are moving along quite nicely and it seems that I will be able to finish […]

I am sad to say that not everyday in the studio is focused and productive… today was proof of that. One of the issues with working in oil paint is the time necessary for it to dry…  (yes, the logical thing would be to work on two paintings at the same time and switch back […]

Look back Re~focus Look forward At the beginning of the year I sat down and made a list of things that I could do that would help me become a better artist. The number one thing that I came up with was to be able to dedicate more time to the art-making process and making […]

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” ~ Edgar Degas

Have you ever walked by the same place day after day never noticing anything different, one day you stop and see something that you never have before… but when you start to investigate you learn that it has been there all along? This has happened to me recently. … Keys have been fascinating me lately, […]

I was very humbled by the responses that I received to my question, What Inspires you? In reading them I found that most had a common connection to nature, and I find this true with myself. That often what surround us is also what inspires us. To be completely honest I did not know how […]

Happy New Year! Today during my morning meditation I reflected on some of the amazing moments of last year.  My hopes and dreams some of which have come full circle and some still need more time and effort lavished upon them. I have taken many risks and ventured into different lands that challenged me as […]

New artwork is happening on my easel these days. I began these early last week and have been working on it every couple of night to allow the paint to dry. My thought/creative process behind it… well it is a bit confusing and there have been many little things that have contributed their input in […]

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone” ― Pablo Picasso