Posted in Farm Life, Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2010 9 Comments »
An Aerial view of the project We had a lot of feverish activity in the garden over this long weekend. Our forcast calls for extreme heat this week, and the weekend was long and cool, perfect for working on the hillside in progress. I wanted to set in all my new plant purchases before the [...]
Posted in New Paintings, Uncategorized on May 11th, 2010 4 Comments »
“Oregon Dawn” 18″x15″ As promised, I’m sharing a few images that I did a couple of weeks ago in Santa Barbara. I was pretty happy with some of these paintings. It makes such a difference to be able to focus only on painting for a whole week! Try as I might, I can’t seem to get [...]
Posted in Art Classes, Uncategorized, creative process on May 7th, 2010 6 Comments »
I can’t believe time has gotten away from me for so long. It’s been three weeks since I posted! I’m torn between trying to catch up in one long post, or dividing this post into shorter, topic specific posts. I guess that would probably be the best way. The past three weeks have been spent: [...]
Posted in Art Marketing, Artwork online, My Work on Display, Uncategorized on Mar 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
One way to enjoy browsing on Etsy is to view the Treasuries. These are selections of favorites by etsy members that are compiled into collections often based on a theme. It is a fun way to filter through the many listings and see what others are finding on this huge site. This morning I spent some [...]
Posted in Art Classes, Artwork online, Uncategorized, creative process on Feb 20th, 2010 7 Comments »
I read an interesting article about discipline the other day… practice really helps! According to a recent study, willpower breeds willpower. People who were following a money management program eventually began to use the same self-discipline in other aspects of their lives: food choices, exercise, etc. This makes total sense to me. The problem is, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, contest on Feb 15th, 2010 5 Comments »
It’s time for the grand announcement in the One World One Heart Giveaway. I’ve been overwhelmed by the outpouring of wonderful comments on my blog! This has been such a surprise for me… I thought since I joined at the last minute and had never done it before, it would be sort of a weak response. [...]
Posted in Artwork online, Uncategorized, blogging, contest on Feb 8th, 2010 185 Comments »
I have decided to participate in the blog giveaway One World One Heart this year! The idea behind this giveaway event was to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to interact, discover new and wonderful people, and in the [...]
Posted in Artwork online, My Work on Display, Uncategorized on Jan 14th, 2010 7 Comments »
No, I didn’t forget about the blog I’ve just been busy unpacking from our move, celebrating the holidays with family and entertaining friends and fellow artists. Our new home was ‘party central’ for a month or so, with kids home from college and their friends (old & new), family here for the holidays, book club, [...]
Posted in Recently Viewed Art, Uncategorized on Dec 13th, 2009 5 Comments »
I finally dug out the charger for my camera and was able to upload some photos from the past couple of months! Exciting photos to share: First from my trip to Seattle with art-buddy Mary Keefer. The slide show below is from our meet-up in Seattle… the Olympic Sculpture Park is a must-see if you’ve [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, creative process on Oct 21st, 2009 14 Comments »
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. (20th century abstract expressionist painter Hans Hoffman) Getting ready to move is an exercise in getting organized, and I need it badly! People often look at the volunteer activities, teaching, parenting and art that I do and assume that I [...]
