Last Friday
Last Friday I did an interview on tv.
Live Demo!
This Friday I will be doing a live portrait demo on TV!
Back Home
Have you ever almost run your car off of the road while driving because you are trying to sketch down a new idea for a painting?
Yeah, me too.
Back in the Burg
Next week I will be heading North.
This Weekend
Last week I was in Art School LIVE with Eric Rhoades…
Art School LIVE!
This Thursday I will be back on Art School LIVE with Eric Rhodes.
DNA
I got my tile…
Out and About
So I came back from the IAPS convention fired up to use all of those things that I have been talking about for the last few weeks regarding plein air. Now it is just a matter of going out and putting in the time.
IAPS
If you are not familiar, IAPS stands for the International Association of Pastel Societies.
Carry On
The last thing that I find important for painting plein air and that has become my very good friend is my travel bag.
Getting a Handle on Things
One thing that helps so much when painting plein air is being able to carry things easily.
Taming the Easel
I love my French easel.
Not Boxed In
Ah, here it comes…one of my biggest pet peeves.
Sharpening My Skills
If you noticed last week, I don’t sharpen my pastel pencils.
Friends of Pastel
I have a found a few things over the years that make painting in pastel a little easier.
Sketchbooks
I don’t know if you are like me, but I have a ton of sketchbooks.
“Half-Cocked”
Recently I delivered a painting back to its forever home.
Studio #10
“Lifes like a road that you travel on, when there’s one day here and the next day gone…” – Rascal Flatts.
“Underwater”
There are events in life that greatly affect us. They get talked about, analyzed, and then we try to put them on a shelf. But sometimes there are nightmares and the images persist. Then I know it is time to paint my demons.
“In Her Footsteps”
I recently came across some very old commissions. Some I looked at fondly, while others I slightly cringed at inside.
Don’t Wanna
I have to do the dishes…but I don’t wanna.
Cobalt Blue
When I think about starting a painting, I don’t necessarily think about the image details, but rather what feeling does the painting need to convey.
Shifting
“Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.” -Raymond Lindquist
Nihonga
Last week I tried to focus on slowing down every once in a while in my life. This week I want to slow down in my work.
Hurkle-durkle
Today I am hurkle-durkleing…
Rotating the Wheel
Understanding light is to understand color.
The Butler Did It
I love when my art travels….
Grey is Not a Color
I am back! Happy New Year.
Pastel Peeps
As I write this I am flying over Texas back to South Carolina.
Pastels To Go
As I write this I am flying over South Carolina.
Open Studios
I am so happy to be included in Greenville Open Studios this weekend!
Finding the Grace
As I have gotten older I have repeatedly asked myself one question- “Who am I as an artist?”
Cashmere
Im back!
The Inverse Square Law
Light will travel forever…..
Glare
What is glare?
Podcast Interview!
I had the honor of being interviewed for the “Women CEO in Reflection” Podcast. Listen here!
A Rule of light
So lets chat more about light…
Recap
Last week I was honored to be on the faculty of Pastel LIVE.
Life
Life drawing….like running scales on a piano for a musician, it is crucial.
Playing Pool
Pool players become good at the game when they understand one thing- the “angle of incidence.”
Getting Lit
Last week I talked about “getting lit” with Eric Rhodes…
Pumice, Rotten Stone and a Few Interviews!
So every once in a while I play with creating a more radical surface.
Concete
Some more surfaces…
Wallis, Ersta and Ya Cai
“Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone” -Joni MItchell
Canson
This is typically where it begins…the addiction.
Colorfix
This surface comes in many colors.
UArt
So if Sennelier LaCarte is the pretty, delicate princess at the ball, then UArt is the party crasher that just showed up on a Harley in black leather.
LaCarte
This is the only time I believe in love at first sight.
Ampersand
Let’s get technical and talk about surfaces.
Graduation
This weekend my daughter graduates from college.
First Fridays
This Friday is First Fridays of Greenville.
Grace
Last week I was in Atlanta.
The Studio
The new studio space is coming along…
Keys
There is power in owning a key.
Rap
My son likes rap.
The chin
The chin is a golf ball.
Planes
And I am not talking about the ones you fly In…
Audacity
This is the sign on the back of my bathroom door.
Figure Drawing
Every Thursday night I get to draw the model.
Awards
I’ve never been one to hang awards on my walls.
New Socks
I love new socks….
Broken Vessel #12 / Identity”
And so it ends with me…
“Broken Vessel #11 / Endurance”
Strength. It...
“Broken Vessel #10 / Faith”
Life can turn red.
“Broken Vessel #9 / Hope”
I think Hope is like waiting for a meal when we are hungry. We expect something good to come our way. But our expectations can be shattered like a china plate.
Broken Vessel #8 / Trust
Trust is at the core of who we are as human beings.
“Broken Vessel #7 / Innocence”
Innocence is perhaps that one element that we can never fully recover.
The Exhibition
They say that weddings and funerals are the only time when people from all walks of life truly come together. I suggest that art shows do as well…
Broken Vessel #6 Beauty
How we see ourselves can change. Either radically through trauma or through time and aging. The hope is that we can come to realize that we are beautiful at every stage. And at every age.
Broken Vessel #5 Peace
Peace…
Broken Vessel #4 / Love
Love. It makes ya crazy.
Broken Vessel #3 Security
Trauma.
Broken Vessel #2 Physicality
The opposite of spirituality is the physical body. And no matter how fit you are, how young, or how invincible you think you are your body can break.
Kintsugi
This is the blog that has taken me 2 and a half years to write.
Seaglass
Like a bad penny or a piece of seaglass that finally washes up on shore… I’m back.
Silence
I have been silent the last few weeks.
The Interview
So for the next few weeks I am sharing an interview I did with the Sewickley Gallery and Frame shop.
Opportunities
I love it when new opportunities come my way…
Lemons. Again
My birthday is this weekend….
Bread Knife
Ever cut a loaf of bread with a spoon?
Peacock
I recently finished a new pastel…
Glamorous
Being an artist is glamorous….not.
The Princess and the Pea
I have had this book since I was very little…
French to English
Recently a few people had reached out to me to say they loved my recent article in a new Pastel magazine…
A Red Painting
One of my favorite paintings is the “Venetian Interior” by John Singer Sargent.
Blue and Yellow
These are the colors I am thinking about this week.
Pastel 100
Lots of good stuff to share this week…
Validation
My brain can get tangled….
A brilliant artist friend of mine recently sent me an article about composition and asked me what I thought about it.
Scrunchie
Putting my hair up means one thing…. I am painting.
When it is time to get serious about working I have to take off any jewelry, wear simple, comfy clothes…
Insipid
I have to move this year, so I have been keeping an eye out on the houses for sale in my area for a
The Artist Guild
There was a time not long ago when I looked back on the past 20 years and realized that I gotten
Zing
Once Upon a Time there was a young illustrator….
And in the magical land of graphic designers, comic book artists
Affirmations
I’m Back…
Happy New Year! I have never been much of a “resolution” kind of gal. When everyone speaks of resolutions
Gratitude
It’s time for pie…
Here in the States we celebrate Thanksgiving. And tomorrow I will be eating too much turkey and pie along
Guppy
And sometimes I can just paint without all the constraints.
Here is a recent commission.
Goldfish Part 6 – Finale
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?” – Rumi
Orange
It was time for Orange…
Goldfish Development #4
“Go out on a limb – that’s where the fruit is.” – Bob Ross
Emerge
Now the path gets rockier…
Goldfish
One thought leads to another…