The painting I’m working on (bottom) and the reference image (top). Two weeks ago four of us gathered at my mom’s office at the end of the day to take Hallelujah, my really big painting, out of the frame and into a huge shipping tube. Lissa Boles, my beloved...
“The painting I finished yesterday, which I gave what feels like the most audacious title of any so far!” “The Magnolias,” as Sue has dubbed our group of artists, are having a show at the Sausalito Presbyterian Church and in preparation, Marilee asked for...
“I’m swimming in pink and red paint as I work on these hydrangeas.” My commitment to show up here at my computer, open up Word and start writing every Tuesday morning has shifted the way I operate the rest of the week. As I do the rest of my life...
“Promise – my little rose and Reverence – the one I just finished.” The last couple of weeks in our regular groups I’ve spent time with several disconcerted artists who were at a bit of a loss about what to paint next. There are a few things I...
I’m making progress on the leaves in this hydrangea painting and just the final details to go on this little one of a rhody. I’m so fortunate to have all the support – incredible support – in this life I’m living. It comes in the form of several wise...
My painting as it is today. I took a full week off from painting, which was nice. I’m back to it now. Last week, just after finishing my post I drove up to Sonoma County to see my friend Cathryn Couch. Being on the cusp of a new year, on our walk she asked me...
