Towards the end of last year, as I sat to write, I was coming up empty. Looking around inside for what to say there were neither words nor the energy to dig deeper. 2017 was a big year – the summer was a sprint from a family Europe trip to remodeling our kitchen and...
Blossoming Hope – the yellow roses I painted… in yellow! I’ll never forget her question: it was at my second festival in San Anselmo 9 years ago, a woman held up a print of “Blossoming Hope” and asked if I “had this available in red?” It took...
The front cover of next year’s calendar – this time it’s all fruits! The Sausalito Art Festival is the weekend after next. It’s a big deal in my art life. Yes, it’s just an art festival, but it’s a big festival, it costs quite a bit of money to do...
A few glimpses of the richness of our weekend – I just love this time of year – it is SO “full color”! I spent this past weekend on a ranch and vineyard in Cloverdale with six other women-artist-friends. We took photos of the ripening grapes...
The two paintings I’m working on. I’m loving having this rose to paint when I just want to play. The other is of an apple, I’m planning for the 2017 calendar. This morning as Bo and I were taking off down our street to head up the hill, we ran into...
A lotus from this morning’s walk. A future painting? I first came to Kauai about this time of year in 1997 for a friend’s wedding. I stayed at the Hyatt Regency – a beautiful, lavish resort on the south shore. I had United MileagePlus discount coupons for this...
