Positive Signs
Greetings Friends, Is it my imagination, or is some graffiti becoming more positive and uplifting? Check out this one currently on display at Kimball Park in Ve...
Category: Musings
What I Learned This Week
Hi Friends. I’m taking an interesting class with animal communicator Elizabeth Ayer Lee called “Becoming Dr. Dolittle.” Elizabeth is a lovely ...
Everyday Miracles
Hi Friends, I had an interesting experience last week — a miracle of sorts. I was walking out to the compost bin in the backyard, and I heard running wate...
Is It Art?
Greetings Friends, A reader generously shared some interesting thoughts about the paintings I showed you last week — the poured pieces with silicone added...
The Learning Curve
Hi Friends, After I sent out my artistic year-end review last week, several people wrote and said “all of your art is so wonderful.” I appreciate th...
We’ve Come So Far
Hi Friends! I’ve never done an end-of-the-year review before, but artist Pam Lowe recently sent me a message about her history as a quilter and her new pa...
Welcome Home!
Greetings Friends! I’ve always been intrigued by the tagline for the annual Burning Man event in the Nevada desert, “Welcome Home.” It feels i...
Impermanence and Change
Hi Friends, The holidays are upon us, and I don’t even know what I’m doing for Thanksgiving yet! With my father’s recent passing, my mother...
Finding Our Way Through
Hello Friends, It’s been another challenging week, with the mass shooting down the road in Thousand Oaks, and the Hill and Woolsey fires, just ten miles a...
Working with Adversity
Hi Friends, I was working in the studio last week under suboptimal conditions. The weather was hot and it was super low humidity, which can affect my paintings ...