Here’s another painting (top) and its photo inspiration. This one – named “Broadway” – 22″x30″ I painted this year. It was chosen to be part of the California Watercolor Association’s National Exhibition early next...
Hi everyone! I was updating my website with a couple of new paintings yesterday and realized it’s been two YEARS since I’ve shared something here with you. I have been using my voice on a new-ish occasional podcast more than I have been writing journal...
I learned that he was gone via a text from Patti: “Did you see that Joseph Raffael passed away?” Patti Sulewski is a beautiful artist and beautiful person from Auburn, WA who tracked me down during the pandemic. She joined us on Zoom when we were...
Inspiration and energy to make these watercolor paintings have been relatively steady resources in the past dozen or more years. I have a folder of “candidates” – photos I’ve taken that have given me the message they are worth spending my time on. Most of the...
This is an addition to the “I Love Paris + Roses” vein that runs through my work. After the not-to-be-repeated emergence of Eternal, the “clock painting” in 2015, I’ve been in the dark as to what would come next. I liked the circular motif of Eternal, which brought up...
On Saturday the commissioned diptych I painted at the start of the year went home. Chris and Bob came over to see the piece for the first time and take it down south with them. Here’s the story from my portfolio gallery: Chris and Bob are dear friends from when...