Starting With Something Simple

The good news — well, I guess it’s good — is that I’m getting back to the studio. I’ve been …

The Power of Color

Over the last few months I’ve played with color — a lot. Usually my palette is based on landscape colors. …

Try It, You’ll Like It

Try It. You’ll like it.  Those were popular words in advertising a few decades back. One of my favorite “try …

Women at the Market

I’ve recently passed the half-way point in my 100-Day Creative Project. As you’re well aware, I chose neurographic art as my …

Very Peri

I’ve always loved the color periwinkle if only because it’s so much fun to say the name! I was never …

Waterbrush Doodles

Going to the retinologist is not an especially fun time for my husband. It involves getting a shot in the …

Redefining Art – Part 2

CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY — Read “Redefining Art – Part 1” here.Truly I have been hesitant in sharing these thoughts about …

Crazy Colors

Now that I’ve added more warm pigments to my palette, I’m probably going a little overboard with using them. Today’s …

Play Along with Me

Playing with my scrapbook-paper shapes each morning is actually quite fun. Sure, I’m an old great-grandmother, but that doesn’t mean …

A New Appreciation for Abstract Art

In the past I’ve had a somewhat complicated relationship with abstract art. To understand that relationship, I think it’s important …

Everything But the Kitchen Sink

There’s an old expression my husband repeats often. “Happy wife, happy life.” Now, I’ve heard some folks claim that it …

My New Favorite Color

As a landscape painter who loves painting skies, I’ve always been partial to blues — from the palest, most delicate …

Playing with Colors

My watercolor warm-up each morning is quite enjoyable. It’s become one of my favorite times of the day. I squiggle …

Oh, Beautiful, for Spacious Skies

We sing those words often here in America. I think of these words often, too, as I’m working at my …

Theoretical Art

Since I began my art journey — about 4-1/2 years ago — I’ve stumbled across a number of theories regarding art. …

Appreciating Where I’ve Been

As part of my art-organizing and general house-cleaning, I’m still going through old paintings I’ve made in the last two …

Bright and Bold

Over the next few weeks, I want to step away from representational painting now and then and just indulge myself in bright, bold colors. I want to splash, splatter, and pour my paints, letting them form their own shapes and designs.

The Light of Day

I love rainy mornings. For me, it’s a perfect time for drawing and painting. I listen to the sound of …

May I Have Your Attention, Please?

There is a very long story behind this painting, much too long to recount here. Suffice it to say that …

Picking My Palette

One of the most valuable practice exercises I’ve done lately had little to do with actual painting, but a lot to …