4″x8″ oil on canvas Hello everyone, it’s been a while since I wrote a post. All is well, thank you dear friends for your e-mails and for missing me! I got out of the habit of posting on my blog and well, I guess my new habit became not posting on my blog. But I […]

I am thrilled that the painting shown above, “Little Cowboy” 14″x18″ o/c, has been accepted into the American Impressionists Society’s 12th Annual National Juried Exhibition! Scott Christensen, whose work I admire SO much, is the judge this year. The show will be October 21st through November 15th in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA. I don’t think I’ll go

With summer here and the kids home, my mind has been too going in too many directions to paint much. But, yesterday I was sitting on the sofa and our cat was sitting near me, as she always is, so I grabbed my sketch pad. This will be my next painting, which hopefully I’ll start

Yesterday I entered three paintings in the American Impressionist Society 2011 National Juried Exhibition. I haven’t done any painting in the last few days but after I completed my entry I felt a sense of accomplishment, feeling like I had done something art related at least. Though getting the image files prepared was so complicated,

This is the 6th portrait in my Body of Christ project. After getting a little off track and painting other things, I am back on this project full force! I want to paint 24 members of our church and exhibit them in the Fall so I had better get busy. This is an 8″x8″ oil

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anais Nin I have been to the Houston Arboretum to paint many times. I usually paint the lily pond, or a stand of trees. I walked around with my sketchbook and made

Summer Cottage 6″x8″ $150 This is a little painting I did for fun. It’s oil on canvas. My daughter is about to end her study abroad program and she’s going with some friends to England before she comes back home. I guess that’s what got me thinking about little English cottages.

A few days ago I went over to the Houston Arboretum to paint the lily pond. It was hot (mid 80’s) but there was a nice breeze so it was pleasant after all. I feel very fortunate to have such a beautiful place to paint in “my own backyard” which means it’s only 5 minutes