Hurkle-durkle

Today I am hurkle-durkleing…. This past weekend I moved my daughter from South Carolina to Baltimore, Maryland. She finally got her dream job out of college- She will be writing for Johns Hopkins for their marketing and communications department. I am both happy and...

Rotating the Wheel

To understand light is to understand Color. All colors go toward either blue or yellow. Weird, but true.  Even reds.  All light sources have a color too.  Warm or cool. Again, weird, but really fascinating. A flag of a “learning/beginning ” artist is painting a red...

The Butler Did It

I love it when my art travels…. I was very honored to have been included in the Pastel Society of America’s “Enduring Brilliance” International Exhibition this past Fall. I believe it is the 14th time I have been part of this very competitive...

Grey is Not a Color

I am back! Happy New Year! And in typical fashion I have a New Years’ resolution:  Paint, and then market the shit out of my paintings. Sounds pretty simple right? So on the advice of a friend and marketing guru, in the first week of January one thing I decided to do...

Pastel Peeps

As I write this I am now flying over Austin, Texas on my way back home to Greenville, South Carolina. There was a flurry of teaching, jurying and chatting a lot about pastels and Larry the Light Beam at my workshop. I really do like teaching a portrait class again in...