Art can make a difference, and so can YOU! Do you believe this? Sometimes creative people underestimate the power and value they have as artists. It’s easy to lack confidence…
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The end of the year brought with it the end of an era…the time of teaching at home in my cozy little studio is over. Zoning prohibitions and cranky neighbors…
Lessons from August’s Amazing Abstract Workshop As often happens in August and September, I teach right up until it’s time to go to Italy with my Eat Paint Cook Tours….
This is the final installment of my series of articles with Thoughts on Finishing. It’s been fun exploring the topic of how to know when “enough is enough”. When is…
Some stories are worth telling again. This is a new publication of an older blog post I first wrote about in 2013. I was in the Cinque Terre traveling with…
“A painting is finished when the artist says it is finished.” ~Rembrandt When is Your Painting Finished? When it comes to evaluating your work to decide whether or not it’s…
“Art is never finished, only abandoned.” ~Leonardo da Vinci My Best Tip for How to FINISH? Set Some Goals Paintings are never finished. In the quote above, Leonardo DaVinci…
Okay, so what’s the big deal?! These paintings “aren’t about anything”… It seems like a big ole mess on the canvas! Why should I even care? 🙄 I think this…
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures.” ~Henry Ward Beecher
Today’s blog is quite personal. In case you’d like to skip all the personal stuff, I include the link to a new painting video near the end of this blog. But, since…
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