It’s been an exciting time for me! Not only am I giving you a chance to win a print of one of my paintings (see below), but I was honored at a reception for local artists at the Uptown Gallery in Brooksville, Florida. They are currently showing Read more…
“Giving” in your life is something that should never stop. Do you know your motivation for giving? It’s much more important than the “gift” itself. Many people’s thoughts are dominated by the cost of something or to impress someone, or to conditionally receive something in return when they give a Read more…
Today I received an email promotion from Etsy, an online site that specializes in selling handcrafted items. This email had tiny pictures of gift ideas. One of them was a young kid about 9 or so, who had a on a what? A fish tail from waist down. I thought, Read more…
I’m always surprised at the variety of responses I get about a painting. The lovely and frustrating thing about creating art is that it evolves, takes on a life of it’s own. Take “GG”, which is short for “Golden Girl” this was my name for her all the way through the Read more…
When my sister and I started talking about her husband Tim’s 60th birthday party, my hair stood up on end– and I’ve got a lot of hair–it was only a month away. My sis being a terrific supporter, said “how about a painting”? Hmmm, that would mean I’d have to Read more…
Our society is over the top when it comes to attracting abundance! It’s the nature of humans to want more, bigger, better. So what does an onion have to do with attracting abundance? I painted one onion, this lone Allium cepa (Latin “cepa” = onion). I could have painted a Read more…
These pears started a dialogue in my head as I was painting! The pear in the front (foreground) just seem to “muscle in” for first place. However, the last pear in the background seemed to be sitting up straight and lovely, almost happy. The title “Me First” was born. Read more…
Just like all of us, my dad had many facets to his personality. His day job required precision with numbers as an accountant; on some weekends he worked on the “Gateway Clipper” river boat as a bartender. Other weekends he played drums in a jazz band. We heard lots of Read more…
It’s never too late….never too late to follow your dreams, to take that trip of a lifetime, to write that book, to paint that picture, to create beauty, to make memories, to make a difference. It’s never too late to do that one thing you’ve always imagined doing. So here Read more…