I had a conversation with a friend about looking at other artists’ work – especially artists who are farther along on the path, and much
There’s a lot of Fall harvesting going on here in California. The farms near my house are full of cage-box trucks heavy with green and
What Have I Learned? I switched careers from a corporate job to full-time artist, and the deep dive into making and selling art online taught
Making a Small Still Life Etching This etching is from an artist’s proof in an unprinted edition. (An Artists’ Proof is a test print, and they’re
Its tea-drinking season, even over here in sunny coastal California. Fall is a nostalgic time bracket for me – loaded with reflection of the-year-so-far, anniversaries of
If you Make Art, Share It One of the topics I hear from artists over and over again is related to the fear of showing their
Today, I’m sprinkling your eyes with images, because writing time is limited. There’s framing to do, and promotions to distribute, and labels to make, and
Social Media For Artists There are good and bad things about social media. This is about the reasons I love social media. It relates to connecting
I’ll be participating in a one-evening fund raising dinner and exhibit honoring Peggy Dark at the Los Angeles Arboretum on October 23rd. Five artists will
Painting Lavender in Provence, France Many years ago, I accompanied my step mother to France to see the village she grew up in, and visit her
I stayed in an old mill on a river, converted to a Bed & Breakfast Inn, while attending a friend’s wedding in Massachusetts a few years ago,
I’m back in the studio after the Thousand Oaks Arts Festival, and work is full-speed underway on the next group of watercolors and printmaking for upcoming
Re-Living Travel Moments Here’s a little watercolor painted from a quick study made on a lovely afternoon sitting in a shady doorway in Venasque, France. I painted several street
Sharing Your Art Online Are you sharing the fruit of your artistic efforts with us online? With Social Media, blogs, digitized museum collections, and video gallery previews,
I love art featuring readers. I have a pinterest board of inspiring paintings of people and their books, and our descendants collecting imagery of this subject will
My grandparents met in a Connecticut textile mill as teenagers. They were not yet 20 when they married. He was from Canada and spoke only French,
Folly Cove Designers – Community Through Creativity You and I share an interest in making things with our hands. The internet is rich with thought-provoking articles about WHY we
There are so many artists sharing art on Facebook, the affirmation that beauty is a necessity scrolls down my feed in an avalanche of encouraged inspiration.
Adding Watercolor to Block Prints and Woodcuts Have you ever considered adding watercolor to your linocuts, and wood block prints? If you print in single
California Landscape Watercolor Painting This watercolor landscape was painted after a trip to see my step dad in Central California. I love the shape of the
I started this watercolor portrait over a year ago in my previous studio. Then I packed and moved, and forgot about it till I cleaned
I’m still working on the nocturnal watercolor on yupo I mentioned in the last post, so stay tuned (or subscribe) for that coming soon…. In
Nocturnal Watercolor Painting – Waiting for the Moon I just finished this study for a nocturnal watercolor painting – inspired by a solstice moonrise I watched
Field Sketching in Watercolor I keep a notebook to scribble To-Do’s, painting ideas, and tidbits gleaned from books and the web. It’s old-fashioned to keep a
When you return from an excursion to a new place – like for instance, France – you get to pour over your photos and re-live
I’ve been home from France for a couple of weeks, but I’m still feeding my family baguettes, with cheeses, fruits, salami, pancetta, and prosciutto regularly. I’m listening to French
I was planning a trip to travel with my watercolors when I read this quote (below) by the painter John E. Carlson, it rang true
A trip to Provence The painting above was done after a trip to Rome a few years ago, so it seemed appropo for this post. I
The San Diego Festival of the Arts on Waterfront park was lovely last week. We had a gray day to start on Saturday, but eventually,
This watercolor is fresh off the art-table and I’m in the process of framing it now. It was my demo painting at the San Diego Artwalk a
