Art for the Love of It
Hi Friends, I was having a conversation about art with my friend Joanie, an accomplished pianist, and she shared this important insight with me: I know it’...
A Small Victory
Hello Dear Friends, Last week I was involved in a rescue. I do volunteer work for Shop Ahoy on Tuesdays, an organization that does grocery shopping for people w...
Blue Humor
Hi Friends! The theme for the exhibit at the Stoneworks Gallery First Friday art event this month was “Into the Blue,” and I wanted to do something ...
The Making of an Art Collector
Hi Friends! My friend Wayne recently acquired one of my paintings, and I took the opportunity to interview him about the piece and his experience of art. Wayne ...
Balance Amidst Chaos
Greetings Friends! I’ve been hearing a lot about balance lately. Work-life balance, internal-external balance, yes-no balance, physical-spiritual balance....
Weird Winter Weather
Hello Friends! It’s been a strange winter weather-wise everywhere this year, hasn’t it? Hurricanes, floods, drought, and intense storms. Record-brea...
A Passion for Trees
Hi Friends! This has been a week of experimentation for me. I got the bug to do some leaf prints, and I had a new technique I wanted to try. It’s not leaf...
Divine Love
Hello Dear Friends! Sometimes I get lucky and a vision will come to me in a dream. Recently I had a dream where I saw soft angelic colors floating on a field of...
keystroke minimalism
hello friends last week i watched a derek halpern video where he advocates that we not use commas because shorter sentences are easier to read and i thought wel...
Creative Use and Reuse
Greetings Friends! Last week I did my taxes. To my surprise I spent $4,500 on art supplies last year. Holy cow! That’s a lot of canvas, paper and paint. B...