Before I talk about my latest painting I want to THANK everyone who has commented on my blog these past few weeks. I appreciate all the comments very much and I apologize for not being very good about answering the comments. Our daughter is a senior in high school and the process of applying to

About a month ago I had the opportunity to paint the Cindy Siegel, the Mayor of Bellaire, from life. Above is my painting, it is 16″ x 20″ oil on linen canvas. A group of us painted Mayor Siegel, there were probably a total of 15 paintings produced from 3 sittings. I painted her three

Here is a little painting I did while on Spring Break. And I mean little, it’s 4″x5″ oil on canvas. We were up in the Texas Hill Country and one day the family went to a berry farm and picked two baskets of strawberries. I couldn’t resist painting some of the fresh juicy strawberries, I

DAY 1 (it was a three day workshop) Things have been busy around here but I can finally sit down and write a post about the Quang Ho landscape workshop. The workshop was last weekend, Friday through Sunday, then Monday morning Spring Break started so we left town. No time to post! The first day

This is the painting I started on the last day of the Quang Ho workshop. I finished it yesterday, I simplified the pattern on the tablecloth and broke up the green background with some subtle stripes when I got home. It’s 11″x14″ oil on linen canvas. The workshop freed me up to try some different

The third and last day of Quang Ho’s “Light and Shadow” workshop was all about fun. I’ll attend another three days of a landscape workshop with Quang Ho starting Friday. He started the day with a demonstration. When Quang demonstrates, he doesn’t just paint, he really explains what he is doing. He sometimes sits on

Day 2 started with my cutting azaleas off the bushes in our yard (and the neighbors) to take to class. In Houston the azaleas bloom for just a few weeks and it’s that time of year. I put them in water and headed to the workshop. I was thrilled when Quang liked my pink azaleas.

This is Quang Ho giving a lecture on the first day of his three day “Light and Shadow” workshop. He shared so much about his philosophy on painting as he did this painting. There was no model for this painting, Quang did this from his imagination. After the first lecture and lesson Quang did another