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... 
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... 