Demons

  It is Halloween and since I have been talking about scary topics like divorce and botox, let’s talk about an even scarier thing… starting a new painting. Gulp. It can fill ya full of fear. But if the hope is stronger than the weakness in your knees,...

The 1700

  Over the past few weeks I have had the honor to serve as one of the “Jurors of Selection” for the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) International Web Show. This means that I was asked along with two other artists – Jacob...

China

When I grew up my mom only used her china dishes for “good occasions.” Christmas and Thanksgiving usually. I thought they were so beautiful and even as a young child I could appreciate the care she took with them. But recently I have decided that every day is a good...

Tangled

Since I consider this blog to serve as a diary, not only of my artistic journey and discovery, but also how my personal journey affects my art, I need to speak of the sabbatical that I have taken from my work and blog over the past 2 months. Above is a photo of some...