I don’t know if you are like me, but I have a ton of sketchbooks. And the drawings in them are not pretty. They are scribbles and full of arrows and lines and half-baked thoughts. Artists with pretty drawings in their sketchbooks amaze me. They must be the same kind...
Recently I delivered a painting back to its forever home. My best friend and I have been friends for 30 years. We know everything there is to know about each other and at one point, over 12 years ago, I decided to paint her. Now my friend is not normal- and I mean...
“Lifes like a road that you travel on, when there’s one day here and the next day gone…” – Rascal Flatts. I moved. Well, just down the hall from Studio #8 to Studio #10, but still… Moving a studio is work! It is the most serious...
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. For me, there have been rare occasions...
Recently I came across some old commissioned portraits. Some I looked at fondly, while others I found myself cringing a little bit inside. “Listening is an art that requires attention over talent, spirit over ego, others over self” – Dean Jackson We...
I have to do dishes today….but I don’t wanna. I have to do some laundry and pay some bills….but I don’t wanna. I have to… I have to… I have to…. I even say that about my artwork sometimes. I have to do this or that. Finish a commission. Start a new idea….but yeah,...
