Summer Viewing Fun
Greetings Friends! We’re in the middle of summer here in the northern hemisphere, and I thought I’d share some entertaining art videos available for...
Category: Pushed Paint
Reminders From Mother Nature
Hi Friends, It’s been an exciting week with two major earthquakes and the Fourth of July — all within two days! I was in the kitchen on the morning ...
Free Compliments
Greetings Friends, I see small acts of kindness everywhere these days. I was walking at Kimball Park and saw this posted on the community bulletin board: Free C...
Channeling Van Gogh
Hello Friends, Many Sunday afternoons find me at the puzzle table at the Unitarian Church of Ventura, trying to fit in just one last piece before heading out fo...
Spark Joy
Greetings Friends, I have a new painting that I think is kind of spectacular! It’s titled “Spark Joy,” and I recorded a short video to introdu...
Happiness is a Cake Mix
Hi Friends, My favorite aisle in the grocery store is the baking aisle, in particular the shelves of cake mixes. They take me back to fond memories of Home Ec c...
Exploring a New Direction
Hi Friends, I recently took a class with Nancy Reyner called Painting Excellence. It’s interesting that what I expected to get from the class is not what ...
Transformations
Hi Friends, My focus this week has been on reworking things that didn’t work out the first time around, and transforming them into something else — ...
The Commission Process
Hi Friends! I was recently commissioned to create two paintings for California State Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin. Jacqui already owns several of my paintings, a...
Fear of Failure
Hello Friends! This happens to me often. I get a beautiful textural background going on a painting, and then I don’t know what to do with it. I’m af...