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This Little Light of Mine
Instagram fed me a suggested reel by rebelunicorncrafts that caught my eye because I thought granddaughter Emmy and I might have a go at the idea. We didn’t have time, but I bumped into the link again at home and thought, I’ll have a go at it on my own! What looked user friendly in… Continue reading
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Gentle, Buffy!
During the latter part of my growing up years, my family had a honey-colored cocker spaniel to whom we gave the American Kennel name Balmy Knight—Buffy to us. When he might get a bit rambunctious, trending towards out-of-control, our gentle command was, Gentle, Buffy! Though decades have now passed without Buffy, my sisters and I… Continue reading
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UnReel
I want to have on record for myself some still shots of this week’s painting process—a studio souvenir of my time at Lost River. This painting sketch remains an active work in progress, currently on pause while I wend my way back to Massachusetts, but I want its progress to date in my online journal… Continue reading
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Pop-Up Studio
So much gratitude and such a wrap-around internal smile for my little pop-up vacation studio! It all fit inside a pillowcase—a cafeteria tray, sitting on the tray a two-pocket folder of paper, and set on top of the folder a plastic bin with the rest of my selected supplies. Ta da! Continue reading
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Cabin Fever
The expression cabin fever usually connotes a feeling of being angry and bored because you have been inside for too long. For me, however, cabin fever currently refers to the spike in my overall happiness ‘temperature’ as a result of having this simple cabin in a state park set in West Virginia mountains as my… Continue reading
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Up & Down & All Over the Place
Hiking uphill, hiking downhill. Painting paper top end up and top end down. Did I have any idea that these little sketches would rise up out of my imagination and settle down on paper today at the wobbly table in our West Virginia State Park cabin? I did not. ——— A bit of art history—when… Continue reading
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Them Thar Hills
Climbed up one of them thar hills today, step by step by step, hour after hour, and then found our achin’-muscles-watch-out-for-acorns-and-loose-rocks-and-horse-dung way back down ag’in. Gonna sleep well tonight, I tell you what! Continue reading
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Almost Heaven
Almost heaven, West VirginiaBlue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah RiverLife is old there, older than the treesYounger than the mountains, growin’ like a breeze … John Denver Dave and I are in one of our happy places—Lost River State Park in West Virginia, living in a basic cabin for five days, hiking the hills, pausing again and… Continue reading
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The Joy of Process
I am having such a wonderful time working on my newest painting, a few minutes here, a few minutes there. You may recall that I pressed pause once I had the 30 x 30″ canvas prepared with a colored ground. I’d wanted to play with and practice some new approaches in my sketchbook before working… Continue reading
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Trying My Hand
I’m trying my hand at some approaches and techniques I don’t typically use. I’ve got my 30 x 30″ canvas prepped and ready to go with a background mix of phthalo green+ but I decided to play a bit in my sketchbook first on a much smaller scale. Very out of character when it comes… Continue reading
My Story
In 2014, I grab an unexpected opportunity to paint.
To make art.
I get hooked.
In 2015 I start a blog—a diary of my life as an artist.
I post my paintings and their stories. The good, the bad, the ugly.
My compass points: bust through fear, be playful, get messy, trust my gut.
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