Color Wordplay
While searching online for tweed fabric today, I became totally distracted and amused by the color descriptions. My favorite was a dark grey titled "gargoyle"...
Fall Arrives in San Marco
Stopped by San Marco for coffee on the way to the art supply store and what did I see? The first signs of Fall. Beautiful red and gold leaves gracefully letting go of a long year...
Finishing
Working on the final touches of 'Messengers'. I was finished one day, and then I wasn't. The next day I was really finished, until I realized that I wasn't...
Hands Are Like Trees
Hands are like trees. Hmmm. Maybe I only imagined this because I was outside, but there really seem to be similarities between the two. An arm is like a trunk...
Favorite Brushes
My favorite variety of paint brushes. It's really different for each artist, some things just resonate with a person, like favorite flowers. For me, these are the ones that...
Transformation
If you hear the soft rush of wings, be still. I sketched this years ago, but I decided to dust it off for this blog. I'm happy to see the calmness in her face again...
Pip Gets a Message
It's night time in the studio and Pip has just finished a warm cup of tea. Contemplating the message from the tea bag tag. Guess he's being reminded...
Little Things Blooming
A few paintings in the works... little box canvases with very wet black edges. Kicking myself for painting the sides before the fronts were finished...
Ghost Writers
In the hopes that the story is still being written in some ethereal productive place. We all have our things, our dearest projects that consume our minds and fill our hearts...
In The Loop
Most of us know the classic conundrum, "If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" I've always loved the way this question makes me think...