happy place
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FamFest24 Souvenir
A happy little paintover piece for my front entry, started before my adult kids and their spouses and their kids arrived for 4th of July week, displayed in its work-in-progress stage during that week, now completed and in place probably until fall, encapsulating (a) the anticipation of FamFest; (b) the swimming, eating, playing games, boogie-boarding, 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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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
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.

