I’m being faithful to the process of this painting and the rhythm of my life – not much progress and I WILL finish it! I have a relatively new dear friend. She and her family live on the next street over. Bo and I walk by their house, when we go up the hill for our...
Lustina – I painted this in part while listening to Sue Monk Kidd’s “The Invention of Wings” I love stories and I am compelled to expand my consciousness – which means I love books. But since becoming a watercolorist and artist, I don’t read...
“Susie’s (not my) painting in progress. Amazing, huh?” The week before last, in our Thursday group, Susie was asking me about the painting she was working on. It’s this one here, of a bowl of candies. She was wondering whether she’d gotten the nooks...
Ellen took this of me on our last night in Paris. First a note: This took me a long time to write. It felt like there wasn’t anything else I could write about today and be real. And yet, I feared saying something, in some way, that would offend someone. If I did, I...
Brenda and me in the mid 90’s I spent several hours on Saturday with my dear friend Brenda. We started our time together over the phone squabbling. It struck me that this was the sign of a really deep, long-standing friendship. It was silly – and pointless...
When my husband Joe moved in with me, in my little house in San Anselmo 17 years ago, he brought with him his portable Jacuzzi spa. As Marin-cliché as this is, there has always been a hot tub in our backyard since. They are just one of the great things (along with, of...
