“You can only paint the smell of damp pine needles by being there: a photograph is a poor substitute for working from the real thing when painting a landscape.” -David Bellamy Over the weekend I went with my family to the Phipps Conservatory in...
I have 2 daughters and when we get together like this week, when my oldest daughter comes home from college for the holiday, we are like 3 peas in a pod… Last May I wrote about turning 50 and how in order to celebrate I ran way with my best friends and got a...
This week I have a secret … Well, maybe not a big secret. I have been talking about it for a while now, but I am writing a book! Over the years, artists have told me that I needed to do it since they have taken my workshops and then said that I have warped their...
Just like giving birth to triplets, a painting is not born all at once … Last week I was a bit sassy talking about all the things that can get out of control when starting a painting, so it is only fair to show the meandering path one recent painting took and...
