A New Blog
I know many of you have seen this bit of frottage work before, but this post is not about any of my work. Today, I am introducing you to a new blog. Many of you may remember my interview with my glass artist friend, Lesley McIver. Some of you have even ordered jewelry from Lesley, [...]
Happy 2010!
I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful beginning to 2010 and enjoyed a Very Happy Holiday Season! New beginnings are always wonderful and full of hope. I am looking forward to great things happening this year and I wish the same for all of you. Since we celebrate Christmas in my family I was graced [...]
Needed: Word Bridges
bits and pieces – a work in progress
Do you ever have days when you are trying to make connections in your head, but can’t quite get there? All that wants to seem to come out of you is visual, but the words all seem to belong to others? I have several things which I have [...]
“La Bella Principessa” and Me
more than meets the eye?
As I look at this work in progress, I wonder what I am leaving behind I do not know about. What am I sharing with the future? Am I giving unintentional information? I am thinking about this because of the recent uncovering of what appears to be a previously unacknowledged Leonardo [...]
Knowing and Not Knowing
This is something which came about purely by accident. I was working on a canvas and wanted to lift some of the paint I had placed there directly from the bottle. I had this piece of 300lb/640gsm watercolor paper which was the exact same size as the canvas, so I grabbed it [...]
An Interview with Dianne McNaughton
Dianne McNaughton is a painter living in Cape Town, South Africa. She writes the blog Intuitive Painting which many of us have come to love reading. In this interview Dianne shares so much of her life which has made her such a beautiful person and a beautiful artist. I hope you will enjoy the many [...]
Painting in Nature and Natural Painting…A True Ramble
On Tuesday morning, my son came in and said, “Bring your camera and do not dawdle.” He took me outside on our deck where some water had frozen on top of a glass table. In the ice, some oak leaves had fallen and frozen. When he pulled up the leaves, this is [...]
Tuesday’s Bits and Pieces
So I am a sucker sometimes for containers. If they are unusual, then I will consider purchasing them. So this is an ink bottle, and it is full of black ink. I don’t use ink all that much, but the bottle drew me in when I saw it. You, too, can [...]
Seeing Colors And Making Shapes
This is an old, old piece. It is pastels on black paper…about 10″ x 14″. It is just basically something I did fast one day to do something in a short time frame. One thing I have found interesting is the feather shape. I often want to make this shape for [...]
You Just Never Know…
The Heart 9×12 inches Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
You may remember seeing this painting before, but I have a story to tell you about it. I was never crazy about this piece and really considered it a test. It was hanging out [...]