This week, because I had been asked to answer questions, plus provide a few images for an interview, I went looking for some paintings I had...

This blog will be carrying on the last topic about heroes. There, I discussed qualities of heroic men and woman. The code they live by is im...

The past three weeks after hanging 34 paintings at the Albany Publc Library, I have worked to make a space conducive to enjoying painting ...

  Some of my favorite surprises are volunteer sunflowers with their dark round seed pods punctuating the round sunburst dahlias.   ...

My early September trip with two of my dear, wonderful, fun granddaughters  to London and Paris was filled with memories to treasure. This w...

The flowers in our front yard are fun to groom this time of year. Summer weather is here and it is time for a change in my blog posts. ...

Swallows, oil, 11' x 14" Movement in a painting is not enough to have ch'i My research on the principle of ch'i in...

Every Spring the first time painting outdoors after becoming accustomed to dimmer lighting of winter, I need to be mindful that the brighter...

My entire body of work is a visual diary of my life including my hopes for the future of two of my most loved people - my husband and my mot...

Myth # 1 Stop before you make mud and ruin it.   At first I thought this was done.  Then I wanted to shorten the tree to make room fo...

Since I posted yesterday on when could I rightfully identify myself as an artist, I realized that I didn’t include my thoughts on how often ...

These pictures were taken with my I phone holding it way above my eye level in the one with sunflowers and sprinkler. ...