Way too long since I picked up a brush so I did today. Still in the early stages, avoiding those hands -- I find hands so hard!!-- but it's coming I think. I think it actually looks quite a lot like Scouty's handler.So nice to...
Isn't this magical? Can't you imagine those top ones dancing away on their own?Dancing flakes are very, very close to my heart (she says as she cranks the tunes and gets up from her chair).Do you know what else makes me want to dance? My...
The moon doesn't want to go to bed.Even though it stayed up very late painting....
Making this wreath gave me a chance to get out my little box of beach treasures and remember how it feels to be sitting on hot sand, popping a shell or pebble or little bit of sea glass into my bag. All the sweeter holding them in...
I've tried staying up late at night painting and when it's right it's RIGHT. Peaceful and rewarding and just a little rebellious. (Not a big rebel here.)The other morning I tried early morning painting. And it was ...
Yesterday I wrote that I had sold a painting of my cat, Scout. My dad sent a picture reminding me of my first sale. Also of a cat, Kanga. Drawn and sold to him and pinned to his office wall when I was six. I...
This little tree on the left -- really just an overachieving weed -- always irks me when I walk into my kitchen. Over the summer it has grown up beside the house right outside the window. (The filthiness of my window doesn't help the situation.)...
Behold, my studio as she is right now. A little corner of the kitchen. My kids get so fed up with me leaving my painting stuff out. They don't say much but it's sort of like the looks the cats give when their food bowl...