This painting was created especially for my dear friend, MaryJane who is adopting her 2nd little girl from China. MJ and her husband felt the tug of a child in need sooner than expected after their first adoption and lots of us are feeling blessed to help with some of the financials by donating to [...]

“Mermaid’s Waterfall” is a fresh, new painting i just finished. It measures 36 x 36 x 1.5″deep. It has lots of very loose brush work and sweeping strokes of metallic antique-y gold paint. It was my “reset” painting after several weeks of commissions and more “scheduled” artwork. i just gave myself permission to go a [...]

i blogged a week or 2 ago about taking over the first floor master bedroom in our house as an office/painting studio. Two craigslist acquisitions have joined the party in the form of a GINORMOUS easel and a much smaller, but still cool drafting table…more on the table later bc it is being all kinds [...]

  i am such a lucky girl! i got an email a few weeks back from an accomplished author, teacher, artist, doodler named Traci Bautista. You may know Traci from her book, Collage Unleashed or her line of Collage Pauge products by Aleene’s. She also travels a lot, speaks to groups, teaches her craft, offers [...]

This weekend i was on a mission to complete a whole lot of creative projects. Above is a photo of a newly completed painting that goes to contest winner from my site. She won a 16×20 original painting on gallery wrapped canvas and she got to choose the main color story. i named this painting [...]

This past weekend was time for some experimenting. i found myself in the painting studio in the wee small hours just itching to open up all those dyes you see lined up on the easel. i dug through my stash of silks leftover from my old wedding gown design business and found a suitable piece [...]

“Joey” – 48″ x 48″ acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. Closeups below ; ) Prints also available here. 11″x 11″ – $28

Creamsicle – 17×16 Acrylic & Oil on Black/Chalkboard painted wood board

….in progress…..a 24 x 30″ gallery wrapped canvas painted with acrylics…stay tuned.

One of my favorite things to do is “recreate” a painting i’ve already “finished.” This painting, entitled FLOURISH, is just such a piece. i painted the soft periwinkle and magenta background quite some time ago. i was in a very soft state of mind then. i was experimenting with blending and color stories. Fast forward [...]