Today I wanted to share with you some of my favorite highlights from my recent trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. This was our first big art trip since before Covid began. Monte and I both were so inspired by the art! It was much needed. I hope you all make some time to get your faces in front of some real live art. It’s so important to do!  Here’s a few of my fav’s from this weekend.  First! Fantin La Tour. Not only is he a master of still life and florals, but I loved seeing...Read More

Announcing my NEW plein air work this fall! Nature is a great healer and I’ve been spending a lot of time in it this month. Partly because I sense the impending doom of winter coming on soon here in Denver (why I moved to Colorado when I hate cold weather I’ll never know). And partly because fall is one of my most favorite times of year. There’s something about foraging in the fall. I’ve been finding all kinds of wild berries, beautiful leaves that have all the gradations of a sunrise, and even some dried moonwort. Something about collecting these...Read More

Who's up for a Painting Challenge Sept 26th-Sept 30th!? And it's completely FREE! Join the 5 Day Still Life Painting Challenge for a chance to study with me for FREE! Gain early access to win points and prizes! There are special pre-challenge exercises that are worth extra points as well! Click this link to join: https://mailchi.mp/3cd7355cd095/join-the-5-day-still-life-painting-challenge Over the last few weeks, we’ve talked about the 3 biggest traps that cause developing artists to get stifled and give up. These included the Masterpiece trap, not taking action consistently, and not understanding the visual language of painting.  I’ve been where you are and...Read More

Who's up for a Painting Challenge Sept 26th-Sept 30th!? And it's completely FREE! Join the 5 Day Still Life Painting Challenge for a chance to study with me for FREE! Gain early access to win points and prizes! There will be special pre-challenge exercises that will be worth extra points as well! Click this link to join: https://mailchi.mp/3cd7355cd095/join-the-5-day-still-life-painting-challenge https://youtu.be/P4b0WvwZ9zs Week after week, month after month, I’d attend the local classroom studio where I went to draw the figure each week. During the model breaks that I used to refresh my eyes, I’d walk around the studio. Pulling at my kneaded eraser...Read More

The journey of a thousand paintings begins with a single painting. And a single painting is a journey of a thousand brushstrokes. So often we get ahead of ourselves. We focus on the outcome- the end result. When we do that we can miss out on so much right in front of us at the moment. It’s hard to focus on every single brushstroke one at a time when our mind is also trying to focus on securing a successful painting. We’d have a much better chance of success if we gave every brushstroke our focus and presence. But success...Read More