Chalk

So a painting like this has many moving parts. And I’m always asking myself- “What is important? What should be let go?” “What do I just want to emphasize because I just want to?” and most importantly- “Am I getting in my own...

Zombie

 So for a while my son looked like a zombie.  The thing about glazing in oils is that if I have to get back to a glowing light shape I need to “reset” the area and get all the way back down to white again so the colors can be glazed again on top. Putting...

Three Years Ago Today

  I was in a pilates class this morning. And something profound happened. Since this blog is also my diary, I felt that I had to write about it. So its a bonus entry this week.  The instructor had us start off the class with a series of deep breathing exercises....

Follow the Yellow Brick Road….

  “Follow follow follow follow, Follow the yellow brick road”         -“Yip” Harburg for the Wizard of Oz So where was I ..oh yes…following the yellow… This painting got put on the back burner for the last few weeks due to...

Sante Fe

Last week I was teaching a portrait workshop in Sante Fe I had been there once before, but this time I was hosted by Bluebird Studios and it was the best venue ever.  Beth and Billy Cooper built the facility on their ranch and run amazing workshops with artists from...

Color Matching

  “Got a right to be wrong, Got to sing my own song, I might be singing out of key, But it sure feels good to me”        – Joss Stone This song goes on to say that “I’m on a mission, If you care, don’t you dare blur my...