Over the weekend I finished a painting, I started two and a half years ago. The finished painting is so far from what I’d imagined and what the original photograph inspired, so I thought I’d share its progress with you. I had no conception of this as the finished... 
One reason I’ve not been painting – I’ve been puzzling! This one is of one of my paintings – Paris – fun to be re-working my own artwork! A year ago, at the end of my last post of the year, I wrote this: “Tomorrow is the last day of 2014.... 
I’m married to “Mr. Christmas.” He does an amazing job on the lights – just one of the ways he lights my life. I wrote a story several years ago, as a contribution to a friend’s site: tellourlifestories.com. It was about a Christmas that was... 
The hydrangea leaf in the middle of this painting was hard for me – out of that came a wonderful day. We had the last of our “Special Saturdays” this past weekend. Ten artists joined my mom and me, to take a careful look at leaves – and how we might paint them.... 
I’m being faithful to the process of this painting and the rhythm of my life – not much progress and I WILL finish it! I have a relatively new dear friend. She and her family live on the next street over. Bo and I walk by their house, when we go up the hill for our... 