Remember my Feb. 8th post experience about water soluble oils? This is a continuation of the 3 I started before I began doing my taxes. ...

Remember the block in from my February Open Studio? It was a demo about how to take an old painting that had not been varnished and start ag...

All ready for my first Open Studio Session 2018.  Thank you Bertha, Susan and Pat for a fun day! Open Studio Sessions 2018 This is...

Yesterday I had a conversation with my friend Kay about how important it is (to both of us) that we enjoy the process of creating. Mayb...

...and the paintings I need for two upcoming shows. One more old painting bites the dust. I unframed 2009 "Silver Lining" and br...

This week I've been doing tax preparation so not much painting but the last four pastels have been reworks of old paintings. The color p...

Many of my paintings are reworks. To start with a ghost image is my favorite thing to do. This one was an abstract painting from 2009. The...

This is Chain of Events, pastel, 11 x 11 inches. It was painted over the ghost image of a painting of the same name from 2009.  Here is ...

My goal is to paint with abandon - that means without inhibition or restraint. When I am able to do this, creativity flows. I'm not pain...

Around the middle of December I posted images of three 6x6 oils I thought were done. They weren't. I painted on each of them again and ...

At the beginning of each year I clean out my file cabinets, clean out my flat files and look around the Studio for paintings that aren'...

December 31, 2017 Black Diamond, Washington Dear Subscribers and Followers, THANK YOU for your support and interest in my art during ...

I'm looking at my end-of-2016 post from last year and I'm not going to repeat how quickly the year went by (but it did!). As alw...

Overnight Artisan Bread INGREDIENTS 3 cups all purpose flour 1-1/2 cups lukewarm water 2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. yeast DIRECTIONS 1. In ...

I awoke before 5 AM enthused to get back to my easel. Note: If I had left that painting as it was last night instead of painting over a la...

Painted for a while and then I had to scrape it off. Painted for a while longer, then I had to paint over it so I can sleep tonight...

Busy day today but I promised myself I would spend one hour at the easel before moving on to other things. Here's what happened in ...

I'm finally getting back to the easel. Warming up with these three little florals in oil. By noon I had wiped the center image ...

You may remember my October post about painting a scene for a new cookbook. I'm at it again, this time for the cover. I'm painti...

My final Private Session for the year was introduction to oil painting with Reneé. After reviewing supplies, we painted together for a few h...