Finding Beginner’s Mind
Hi Friends, I don’t like being a beginner. If I can’t do it well right away, I don’t want to do it at all. I have to force myself to be patien...
Category: Paintings
Radical Self-Acceptance
Hello Friends, Last week I saw a detail of a beautiful painting posted on Instagram by artist Louise Fletcher, shown below. I love the movement and colors of th...
Contradiction
Hi Friends, I was doing a show last weekend, and several people asked about my painting. I wasn’t showing any paintings at this show — just my scarv...
Healing the Heart
Hello Friends, Lately I’ve been working with Sherri Waggoner, who some call a modern-day shaman. Sherri desribes herself as a “light leader,” ...
Playing It Safe
Hi Friends, I’ve been playing it safe lately. Sometimes I get tired of trying to create new art that’s better, bolder, more expressive and more mean...
Action!
Hi Friends, After discovering the two abstract expressionist paintings being used as padding on the floor of my studio, I’ve been playing around with what...
Surprises
Hi Friends, I was cleaning out the studio last week, which included removing the plastic on the floor and vacuuming the rug. There were two large unstretched pa...
Rare Find
Hi Friends, Last week I was taking a jaunt down memory lane by browsing eBay for vintage sewing patterns from the 1960s and 1970s. I used to do a lot of sewing ...
Is Art Easy?
Greetings Friends, Do I make art look easy? Are you under the impression that I knock it out of the ballpark every time? Allow me to dispel that myth and show y...
Is OK Good Enough?
Hi Friends, I wanted a new painting to hang over the bed in my bedroom — something to go with the bright and bold Marimekko bedding. I decided to try a po...