Soon we will be leaving our home of the last 27 years. It is bittersweet so I am gathering memories in the form of pastel paintings. ...

A Sense of Place III, pastel, 10 x 13 inches Yesterday I posted my first pastel painted more than a dozen years ago. Today I went back t...

Plums and Blue Bowl, pastel on velour paper, 8 x 7.25 inches Dah-da! My first pastel. For those who have studied pastel with me, you kno...

An ahaa! moment about my creative process. Read more here...

I haven't painted at my easels for six weeks, setting art aside to focus on building the house. I've been testing house paint on wal...

I am honored to join Kay Dewar in a two-artist colored pencil show, "Drawn from the Heart," at The Dorothy Liberty Gallery, withi...

Yesterday Jay and I (along with dog, Annie) spent six hours in the car. We delivered nine paintings to Scott Milo Gallery two hours north i...

A couple years ago I received a Best of Show award at a gallery whose wall color was called "Cork." The color was so compli...

Have you heard of Around the World Blog Hop? I hadn't until artist Sunny Avocado invited me to participate by answering four question...

Bejeweled becomes Bejeweled Woodland Another rework. I unframed Bejeweled (framed but never shown) to work the upper left corner but ...

Signature of All Things reworked to Wild Lilac Early in 2014 I painted "The Signature of All Things." Today, as I prepare for ...

My show, Of Time and Treasures, opens tomorrow and runs through November 4 at State of the Arts Gallery , Olympia, Washington. Join us at ...