April, 22, 2019 – Honoring Home

April, 22, 2019 – Honoring Home

On Saturday the commissioned diptych I painted at the start of the year went home. Chris and Bob came over to see the piece for the first time and take it down south with them. Here’s the story from my portfolio gallery: Chris and Bob are dear friends from when...
November 14, 2018 – A dream, a word and a portrait

November 14, 2018 – A dream, a word and a portrait

Towards the end of last year, as I sat to write, I was coming up empty.  Looking around inside for what to say there were neither words nor the energy to dig deeper.  2017 was a big year – the summer was a sprint from a family Europe trip to remodeling our kitchen and...
Sherose

Sherose

This one snuck up on me. I took photos of these roses at the Russian River Rose Company in Healdsburg, CA years before. The ambush happened during a Thursday evening group. I was looking through my photo library for images of softly colored roses to help a student,...
September

September

Shop Archival Prints Wait… there are still plums on the tree… and it’s September! Returning home from a hike up the hill with the dog in our neighborhood in Fairfax, I was taken aback by the sight. Normally the plums are gone by at latest mid-August....
May

May

This painting came from the unexpected. While hanging an art show at a community clubhouse, I stumbled upon a lily pond in full bloom—an unplanned gift. As I painted, my brush reached for surprising colors: purples and oranges shimmering in the out-of-focus lily pads....