I am excited to post that our new home with new studio is finally underway. The studio won't face the lake but will open onto a court...

When All is Said and Done, oil, 16x20 inches • Farewell to Summer, oil, 16 x 20 inches Yesterdays, oil, 16 x 20 inches Today w...

September Song plein air study and beginning of studio piece September Song, pastel, 16 x 20 inches I have a prospectus for an i...

I'm catching up on a few things. Today's project was updating my etsy shop . Right now it is small original art and fine art prin...

I'm finishing up the last painting for my upcoming show at The State of the Arts Gallery , Olympia, WA. All oil paintings, still life ...

"Fond Memories," pastel, 7.5 x 7.5 inches Today I received the good news that my painting, "Fond Memories" received ...

"Turning Point: Color Study for Pond Painting" painted August 29, 2014 Each painting we create is a separate experience but t...

Back to "work" after no painting for many weeks. Here I am painting our pond using the Pastel Porter I received as an awa...

Forgotten Path, oil, 14 x 10 inches Today I found this oil painting in my studio. That makes it sound like my studio is chaotic...it r...

Summer's End II, protective packaging Three days to go on the auction for Summer's End II. I am packaging it for shipping by USP...

Wild Meadow, pastel, 10 x 8 inches Another Studio clean-up sale painting.  sold To read yesterday's thoughts about retirement and ...

Summer's End II, pastel, 11 x 8.5 inches • This painting is a result of my Studio clean-up. I love the colors but I didn't ma...

Two Trees, pastel, 6.5 x 4.5 inches  As you can tell by recent posts, I am being ruthless about getting rid of stuff in my studio in ...

I have two original colored pencil drawings from our Colored Pencil Solution Book and I have two new paperback copies of the book. I...

Lily, colored pencil, 11.5x8 inches I'm cleaning out old artwork and can hardly believe it but I just ripped up three old colored ...

  I'm scheduled to be the featured artist for October at The State of The Arts Gallery, Olympia, WA. In addition to a dozen small s...

I've mentioned searching garage sales for reference objects for my paintings but some of my favorite props are items I use every day. ...

The coming week will be spent with family instead of painting and blogging. Time for a break; it is too hot in Washington State! I'm e...

A Bright Tomorrow, oil, 6 x 6 inches Last month all the small still-life oil paintings I had were sold online. New 6 x 6 inch paintings ...

A Glad Heart, oil, 6x6 inches   Sold See the steps below. A Glad Heart Step 1 Step 1: The Ampersand Gessbord panel is toned, marke...

Wisdom and Folly Step 1 Wisdom and Folly Step 2 Wisdom and Folly Step 3 Wisdom and Folly Step 4 Wisdom and Folly, oil, 6x6...

Signs and Wonders, step 1 Signs and Wonders, step 2 artist meltdown and wipe-off Signs and Wonders, oil, 6x6 inches  sold Signs...

Last week I posted the top photo, the value stage of three little paintings. I thought you might like to see how they look finished. No...

Last September I had the good fortune to be published in a feature article in Pratique des Arts, a well respected french art magazine. Abo...

I'm gearing up for a summer of 6x6 still life paintings. To the fabric store for a yard each of seven new colors for the background.  ...

Eight weeks ago, I began painting 5x7 inch oil still lifes then moved on to 6x6 inches. Four weeks ago, I started posting them on Daily Pain...