BECOMING MAGIC. 11 x 14″ on Canvas Panel. Original Available Here.Prints available in my etsy shop. “Poetry isn’t a profession, it’s a way of life. It’s an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.” -Mary Oliver …………… This is another piece I finished while teaching at the Sugar and Spice retreat. I have to say, I appreciate just... Continue reading
It’s been a blissful summer here in Wisconsin, and I’ve been enjoying the shade as I paint and write in our blooming backyard. My lovely husband and technical guru Brian has been busy putting the finishing touches on my new website. I built my current website while still working as a web developer and programmer and over the last six years it has housed my web, writing,... Continue reading
Pearlescent liquid acrylic inks (in sun up blue & hot cool yellow), shiva oil paint sticks in turquoise and cadmium yellow, gelli plate (perfect for adding luscious layers to backgrounds), long handled, square brushes, liquitex acrylic inks in pyrrole red and yellow orange azo, handmade papers (and anything with feathers or gold sheen), and liquitex spray paints (in turquoise and florescent red). Can you see... Continue reading
One of my favorite things to do is play with spray paint and stencils. I just purchased a few of the liquitex acrylic spray paints and love them since they are low-odor and water-based. I adore the various looks you can get with spray paints. It’s so fun (and quick) to create multiple backgrounds at once too. This is one of the... Continue reading
BETWEEN YOU & I. Original 10×10″ on Canvas. Contact me to purchase.Prints available in my etsy shop. If ever I leave a painting for more than a few days, I have to cover most of it up. It’s too hard to get back into the emotion and intention of where I left it. But, to me, all of those underneath layers become part of the... Continue reading
CONNECTED AS ONE. Original 11×14″ on Canvas Panel. Available HerePrints available in my shop. “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein ……………………. I began painting this lion during the last class I taught at the Sugar & Spice retreat. It’s always fun to have... Continue reading
SENDING STRENGTH. Original (SOLD).Prints available in my etsy shop. Lately, I’ve been into painting character’s with closed eyes. It always adds an element of peace and dreaming. For this girl, I had so much fun layering tissue papers, oil paint sticks and acrylics. But it wasn’t until I really let loose with a giant, black india ink splatter that she fell into place. Splattering paint,... Continue reading
Lately, I’ve been spending as much time as possible painting in the sunshine on my backyard patio. I’m slowing down after spending a week of teaching, connecting and painting in Port Townsend, Washington with my dear friends Mindy Lacefield and Danielle Daniel. The experience reminded me of the importance of connecting with others and feeling like a kid again. So I’m scheduling lots... Continue reading
IMAGINE. Original (SOLD).Prints available in my etsy shop. “Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.” –Katharine Hepburn ………………… Lately paintings for me have been happening in pairs. This little fox and bear are compliments. I love it when that happens. I think, in part, it happens because... Continue reading
DREAMS OF PEACE. Original (SOLD).Prints available in my etsy shop. “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” –Audrey Hepburn …………….. Painting this girl reminded me to never settle on a painting I think is just okay. I’d had her background and most of... Continue reading
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