I just wrapped up my last design project of the year, and just when I thought I say, "ahhh, finally I'm done!" I am dying to design more!!! A few weeks ago I got an e-mail from a sweet bride, Jacelyn, a friend of a friend who I met once before. She is just a doll and I loved her ideas for her...
If you entered the giveaway, THANK YOU. As I was writing the names on the slip, I was so overwhelmed with gratitude to you all for entering and sharing my art THANK YOU!! I may or.. Yes, I did shed a little tear. And I really wished that I could give $100 of my art to every one of you!! So here's 15%...
I want to spread a little holiday cheer and share my art with you this Christmas season! 12 Days of Christmas* & a GIVEAWAY*!!!!! Wahoo! It's the final kick-off for me before I begin intensive work for a 2014 solo exhibit. *12 Days: Not the traditional 12 days before Christmas (so I can get packages shipped out to you in time,) but today...
Pablo Picasso once said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” Because I love to talk about crayons, let me continue by saying as a little girl, I was an artist, I was little-girl-artist at the kitchen table with just a box of Crayons. Maybe I still am? Anyway . . . I...
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.” ― John Muir, Our National Parks Friends and I out on a bright, chilly, October morning: Painting the mountain view...
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From the age of 8-18 I dove into hundreds of art books. Studying and learning solely by observing the great’s brushwork and colors. Without any formal training in art up until that point, it was the best thing I could do and I loved it almost as much as making the art myself. Today I did that very thing again, I opened a...
I went out painting early this Monday morning. I was down near the lake where all the beautiful fields catch the light perfectly in the mornings. These sunflowers caught my eye, and I had to paint them into my composition–there were plenty of beautiful things to paint around there, but these just seemed cheerful to me. ...
