Some paintings practically paint themselves - and some definitely do not! This seemingly simple subject and composition began as a plein a...

This view of the Cedar River from the walk-across bridge is now part of my weekday walk with Annie because it is how we get to the off-leash...

I have owned Elizabeth Mowry's books for years, reading bits and pieces here and there; always pleased to revisit images of her art bu...

I think I have pushed this painting as far as I can without losing my vision for it. Funny (well, NOT funny) how quickly a painting can tu...

A textured gesso surface can help tell your story (click image to enlarge). This is a detail slice of "Summer Evening." To see ...

Today I unframed a piece that was painted six years ago - almost to the day. Looking at all those roundish, controlled strokes I couldn...

The August Editorial about framing pastels has been posted. To read the editorial, CLICK HERE to go to the Northwest Pastel Society homep...

Early one evening over the hot weekend we took a refreshing walk in the shallow part of the Cedar River near our home. Lazy-summer memo...

This painting is on blue Canson Mi-Teintes paper.  I prefer the "soft" side because I don't want the pattern of the paper to b...

Back to painting and working larger. I hang my Totobobo mask from my light after each painting session so I remember to put it on, as well a...

These August mornings are beginning to feel like Fall though I hope we are in for an Indian summer. The activities of summer are winding dow...

"Sky View Meadow II" is a partial rework of the original painting (see original below). In the original, I believe the eye bou...

Just when I thought my life as I knew it was over and that I would be a puppy play-and-potty-slave forever, I took advantage of a short time...

My distraction from painting is 10 week old Australian Shepherd,  Morning Mist 's Annie Bo Bannie. Here she is in her vehicle safety res...

This painting began as part of the five-artist demo at the American Art Company Gallery. I have been looking at it on my studio easel for a ...

Join us noon to 4 pm, Saturday, June 18th at American Art Company, 1126 Broadway, Tacoma, WA for a five-artist demo. Brenda Boylan, Reni Mor...

I spent today sitting the Women Painters of Washington Gallery in downtown Seattle. I took with me two 8 x 10 panels that I washed off to pa...

A huge thank you to Ken at Comcast Security for fixing my seven week blog problem. Emails from my blog couldn't get through the Comcas...

If I find myself loving one area of a painting early in the process, it usually ends in having to say goodbye to the whole image. That...

This is how far I got on one of the Leap-of-Faith-Abstracting paintings at the PSWC demo. I'll let you know what happens from here. ...

I'm back from my Leap-of-Faith Abstracting Demo for the Pastel Society of the West Coast at the Haggin Museum in Stockton, CA. If you ...

Spring is a busy shipping time. This is "The Tender Hour," snugly sandwiched in my good old (and I do mean OLD) Strongbox® for the...

I was surprised and pleased to receive this postcard in yesterday's mail. If you are in the Stockton, CA area, please join me for my d...

This is the finished painting based on the under-painting I posted yesterday. I'm loving all that blue!

These are my candidates to be washed off Sunday, May 22nd at a demo I'll be doing for the Pastel Society of the West Coas...

The second of the five paintings I brought back from a gallery yesterday was unframed this morning. This was one of the Sky View Meadow se...

Promises is the new rendition of a 2007 painting that has been shown at three of my galleries and a couple shows without selling. A sale i...

I am pleased to be included in a group show at American Art Company, Tacoma, WA, May 14 through June 25th. Other artists in the show are Nei...

The title says it all. After a beautiful spring day yesterday, today it's raining again. I'm going to bake a chocolate cake.

Today's post is about making decisions. I've been reworking a painting and getting nowhere so I decided to eliminate the color dec...