“Promise – my little rose and Reverence – the one I just finished.” The last couple of weeks in our regular groups I’ve spent time with several disconcerted artists who were at a bit of a loss about what to paint next. There are a few things I... 
Shop Archival Prints Zinfandel grapes from a new vineyard! When my brother Mike and his wife Julie sold their house I lost my source of Zinfandel grapes to paint. Where I was going to find them when I could no longer pop by to see my brother and sister-in-law. I... 
I’m making progress on the leaves in this hydrangea painting and just the final details to go on this little one of a rhody. I’m so fortunate to have all the support – incredible support – in this life I’m living. It comes in the form of several wise... 
My painting as it is today. I took a full week off from painting, which was nice. I’m back to it now. Last week, just after finishing my post I drove up to Sonoma County to see my friend Cathryn Couch. Being on the cusp of a new year, on our walk she asked me... 
The two paintings I’m working on – as they are in this moment. At the end of last year – 2015 – I made a promise to paint every single day this year. And I did, until mid-June when I missed my first day. I felt terrible, I reported in to you and... 