These roses grow in a beautiful garden called Filoli that is a parade of glory from the first blossoms in spring, through the fall with colorful leaves and fruit. I used to live close to Woodside where this garden grows – I visited it often in my 20’s. My... 
The new painting and the image I’m painting from. I’ve just started a new big painting. When my coaching sister Susan, gave Happy a home up in the wild grasslands of Canada last year, we decided it was easier to ship it unframed. So, for almost a year, there’s... 
My latest painting. I’m calling this one “Eve” – it is just so feminine. The radio in my car is most often tuned to KQED – the NPR station in San Francisco. I really like classical music, but I just can’t listen to it all the time – it can get... 
This rose is growing in its own ecosystem, as am I, in mine, while I paint her. I’m part of a coaching group – there are 6 of us, all women, whose intent it is, to make an impact in a purposeful way with our work. We are each building businesses – we’re heeding... 
The painting I’m working on – as it is today – bringing this rose and its surroundings alive My mom and dad host a dinner almost every Sunday evening. By Sunday morning, Mom sends a text or email to my three brothers and me and our spouses – this is... 