While I appreciate the time I had at art school, it was riddled with problems. #1 was the short-sighted game of the school. I’ve taken online coaching programs that have better ongoing support than art school and they’ve cost me far less. In the end, these programs and coaches know that their customer's results are the most important. They know they need to offer support to their students in a way that will help their long term success. Those students will then sing their praises and refer them to others.  My experience in art school was the total opposite. Teachers...Read More

The Set Up!   The arrangement is a beautiful French Limoges Porcelain Jar, this will be the main event! I paired it with some gorgeous nectarines, grapes and artificial leaves. I decided to go with a blue green background as I thought it would be a nice complement to the reds and pinks in the jar and fruit, but also harmonious to the greens and blues in the foreground as well. I really liked the thought of these dancing spring greens leading you up to the main event. The Start   I toned with burnt umberr working on a beautiful non-absorbent Ampersand Gessoboard.   I mass in...Read More

Okay, that’s a little dramatic, but I do believe that having a painting practice can bring a stronger sense of peace, purpose, and control in our lives. I don’t often talk about the political dramas that are occurring in our country here in the United States. But that coupled with the Covid pandemic is exhausting. With strife, rage, and fear abounding it’s enough to make anyone go crazy and derail into anxiety and despair. Even the most balanced among us I’m sure has lost their shit at one point or another.  So many of these things are out of our...Read More

Could we say this was the year of things not going according to plan? Definitely! Wow has it been crazy. This year has sure been difficult and has thrown all of us some major curve balls. We could all say this has been the hardest year we've lived through yet.  It's been full of so many failed plans and disappointments.  Oh those best laid plans!   I’m reminded of the quote by Henry David Thoreau, “Be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings.”  Gosh that’s hard. Some of us have lost loved ones. Some have suffered great illnesses or...Read More

Why do I try so hard to sell my own work? Besides the obvious, I need money to pay my bills and not live on ramen noodles. I get this kind of question and criticism often. So today I want to strip it down for you with full transparency. It’s been a bit of a journey myself discovering these truths over the last ten years of my artistic career. Now I’m sharing the inside scoop with you here. I’ve never liked creating in a vacuum.  Recently my mom found an old audiotape of me when I was eleven years old....Read More