Ephemeral Art
Greetings Friends! Although I often paint with bright colors, I’ve been enjoying the quiet hues of natural dyes lately. I love the charcoal grays, rust br...
Category: Pushed Paint
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...
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 ...
Becoming Alive
Greetings Friends, I’ve been hearing this message a lot lately: “Do what makes you feel alive” and “The world is waiting for people who ...
Serendipity
Hi Friends, I was at Lowe’s last week, and they had a nice selection of mistint paints available. I chose twelve of them, and as I put them into my cart, ...
Fun and Silliness
Greetings Friends! About a year ago I sanded down eight reject paintings so I could paint over them and reuse the canvases. But then something unexpected happen...
Visions of Summer
Hello Dear Friends, I’ve been thinking about how to get more of my paintings out into the world. I know that price can sometimes be a barrier to the purch...
A Day at the Beach
Hi Friends, Amy didn’t like the neutral paintings I did for you last week. She said they were too dark and felt heavy. It turns out what she meant when sh...
Chasing Neutrals
Hello Dear Friends, My friend Amy has been encouraging me to do some paintings using neutral colors. I’m usually drawn to jewel tones — the colors o...
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’...