Kids are fun. Their personalities are so apparent even at an early age, so when I go to take photos of young children, it is best to get to know them a bit first…. When painting small children, good photo references are crucial. They will not sit still for a painting...
There was a story going around for years of a woman who was dining at a department store restaurant and at the end of eating one of the store’s “famous recipe” cookies, she asked for the recipe….. She got a copy of the recipe, but when she got her...
Most artists have a love/hate relationship with commissions, because they create a threesome- the artist, the artwork and now the client. If you know my work only from facebook, exhibitions or magazines, you may not realize that I have done a lot of commissions. I...
There is a gremlin in my house. It leaves fingerprints all over the place. Especially on door jambs, light switches and on handles…… I think in most homes, the mom would scold the kids of the house, but I know better. It is just me. I am afraid I am the guilty...
Over the holidays I was lucky enough to spend a few weeks in the Caribbean with my daughters’s boyfriend’s family who live in Antigua so I got to be surrounded by all three of my kids in 80 degree weather. …»>
One of my favorite books of all time is The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. I know there is a movie coming out soon based on the the book, but I don’t think I can go see the film. The entire …»>
All light sources have an inherent color. Photos tend to throw things off so we see things as "white light” yet did you ever paint something, say, a sunset, and when you added white to the sky it just looked …»>
