Lustina – I painted this in part while listening to Sue Monk Kidd’s “The Invention of Wings” I love stories and I am compelled to expand my consciousness – which means I love books. But since becoming a watercolorist and artist, I don’t read... 
“Susie’s (not my) painting in progress. Amazing, huh?” The week before last, in our Thursday group, Susie was asking me about the painting she was working on. It’s this one here, of a bowl of candies. She was wondering whether she’d gotten the nooks... 
In 2011, I had a show at the Two Bird restaurant in San Geronimo Valley, where I grew up. A woman bought the artist’s proof of my Honey Bee and Rugosa Roses, which ended her up on my mailing list. When I sent out a postcard with Blush for Open Studios in 2013, she... 
Ellen took this of me on our last night in Paris. First a note: This took me a long time to write. It felt like there wasn’t anything else I could write about today and be real. And yet, I feared saying something, in some way, that would offend someone. If I did, I... 
Brenda and me in the mid 90’s I spent several hours on Saturday with my dear friend Brenda. We started our time together over the phone squabbling. It struck me that this was the sign of a really deep, long-standing friendship. It was silly – and pointless... 