A few glimpses of the richness of our weekend – I just love this time of year – it is SO “full color”! I spent this past weekend on a ranch and vineyard in Cloverdale with six other women-artist-friends. We took photos of the ripening grapes... 
“Zoomed in to the lower part of this big painting I’m working on – it seems to be its own kind of universe” Last week, while up in Tahoe, my friend Steff and I went to Sugar Pine Point State Park, to gather with a few dozen others and listen to... 
Shop Archival Prints Years ago, I read on a poster filled with ideas for living well: Pick a piece of fruit from a tree and eat it. How strange that we need reminding—so many of us are disconnected from the source of our food. I was fortunate to be raised on two... 
“Just finished this little one (15″ x 15″). My painting to keep my promise to paint every day.” Right after sending off last week’s post, Joe, Bo (our puppy dog) and I went on a hike, and the thing that I couldn’t remember, came back to... 
There’s so much “fuzzy background” in this painting I’m working on! My path to being a teacher has been a reluctant one. I’ve come to it haltingly, not easily landing in the authority to share what I know and what I think. The workshop I offer... 