This is a 9″x12″ oil on canvas. I dug out some old photos I took of a ballerina that modeled for me a while back, she has since moved away unfortunately. But I’m glad I still have the photos I took of her. I am trying to break away from the way I normally paint

SOLD I am working on two art related activities right now. The first is an Easter card that I’m making to send out to friends and family. I bought some lilies and set them up in my studio and spent a wonderful afternoon painting them. It was more fun than I thought it would be,

When I got home from my trip to NYC there was a package waiting for me among my pile of bills. It’s always so much fun to get a package! I had no idea what it was, I wasn’t expecting anything. I opened it up and inside was this beautiful painting from my dear friend

On our last full day in NYC this was the scene outside the Met. This was a trip to NYC to see art and I loved the time we spent in the Met on Tuesday so much that I decided I wanted to go back for another day at the Met. I know there are

On our third day in NYC, much of NYC celebrated St. Patricks Day by dressing in green and watching a parade that lasted 7 1/2 hours. Yes, 7 1/2 hours. We watched the parade, but only part of it, spent some time in Central Park with a dear friend of ours who lives in Connecticut,

My husband and I are back from celebrating my birthday in New York City for the week of Spring Break. Our kids had their own plans so it was a perfect opportunity to get away together. My husband planned the trip, he thought taking me to a place full of art would be a great

SOLD A couple of days ago I went to a local estate sale. I got an e-mail in the morning announcing an estate sale about 10 minutes from my house. Then I had the usual conversation with myself about whether or not I should go: estate sales are like treasure hunts and they can be

This is an oil painting that I’ve been working on but this afternoon I decided to wipe it off. I had expected to be able to wipe the whole painting off with a rag dipped in turp but not all of it came off. Instead of getting my palette knife and scraping when I got