I've been a little distracted with things like my second COVID vaccine (flu symptoms for about 12 hours, no big deal) but today I got ...

Sixty years ago I painted a self-portrait in oil paint in my high school art class. It was so traumatic that I didn't touch oil paint ag...

I'm working on my balanced life and have set aside Wednesdays to paint. This week, I spent Wednesday in a paint-along with Netherlands a...

A couple days ago, when we took the Christmas tree down, Jay left to do errands and I launched into a total revamp of the great room. Regard...

  After a couple weeks of Christmas baking, gift delivery and Zoom Christmas gatherings, I'm back in the Studio. Well, this photo is act...

I'm happy to post the news that two of my paintings have been accepted into the Pastel Society of Eastern Canada (Société de Pastel L...

 This week I've been focused on gratitude. One thing I am grateful for is the opportunity to rework paintings that are not quite right. ...

For years, you have listened to me complain that I have too many acrylics and that I have yet to bond with them (no pun intended). Well, I m...

When I cleaned and reorganized my soft pastels, I ended up with a paper plate full of chips and small pieces to grind and roll into new colo...

 Remember all those pastels I discovered in my Studio? To have them accessible at my pastel work-station, I had to empty out and clean ALL m...

A HAPPY WEEK here in the Studio. The first paintings from  My Holiday Sale  have been shipped. Thank you to my early-bird purchasers! I have...

  Three Holiday Sales start today! Ten oil paintings on auction at Daily Paintworks   starting at $12 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SALE All painti...

  Yay! My Ultimate hog bristle brushes from Rosemary & Co . arrived today: long and short flats and filberts in sizes 8, 10 and 12. My o...

  Today is oiling out day. This procedure is done to dry paintings to even out the absorbency of the varnish. After oiling out, I can contin...

For the past couple weeks I've been putting the flower and vegetable gardens to bed for the winter and sorting out small oil paintings f...

  On the easel this week, two oils in "Fall" colors - yellows and browns. They are still in the first stages because this has been...

 In my last post I mentioned that I painted over a few old paintings to use the panels again for a new art work. Here is the first one compl...