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I have a confession about watercolor. I’ve avoided embracing them. I thought of …

I’m not sure whether artists, on the whole, see the world a little differently. Maybe yes,
maybe no……

I’ve just finished up a new online workshop, Still Life Oil Painting, so I’ve been wonderfully immersed in glittery…..

Last year I had this sort of crazy idea that I would post a YouTube video on my channel every day for each of the …

I recently taught a painting workshop in Italy and a few days later was an art student for the first time in several years.

I was eighteen years old when I started Art Center

Today was a perfect day in Portland, Oregon. From morning until evening the sun was shining and ..

I’m sitting in a restaurant in Lake Zurich, Illinois feeling quite satisfied with myself. I just finished ….

My Mom is going to hate this post but here goes. It’s been a dream of mine for many years to take off into…

Two years ago I was a demonstrator at IAPS. It was amazing; fun and challenging. There were lots of …

Spring. We wait all winter for spring to reemerge. Sometimes we’re patient, sometimes not so much.

Portland woke with a light dusting of white revealing the intricate framework of trees,

I’m answering interview questions this week. I don’t think I’d be giving away too much if I share

I might just be crazy, have a short attention span or maybe just easily amused, but I want to paint..

Probably like a lot of women that are around my age, I’ve spent a large share of my time on this planet ..

Yesterday, I literally painted all day long…from morning ‘till night. These days, a rather rare occurrence as

Embracing the Unfamiliar I’m sitting in the lobby of Daku Resort waiting for a taxi to take me to the..

It’s Saturday and I’m in Fiji.This year has been an amazing, adventurous year, but none of my ..

I was driving to the store yesterday and got completely lost in thought on the way there, but ..

With sunny weather and a relatively free day, I took to the streets of Milwaukie, Oregon for an afternoon

“Just When You Think” available for purchase at http://www.dailypaintworks.com/artists/..

What a finale to Portland Open Studios! Sunday afternoon as I was taking a quick lunch break from the

My Mom gets worried when I post something personal on my blog. Don’t worry, Mom! I post business on

It’s Monday…and I took it upon myself to start the week off by sleeping in for once. Then slowly

I’ve been in my new studio almost six months! It’s hard for me to believe. Time just whips by, doesn’t