The images in this painting are taken from my bible study group. There are usually 12to 15 women sitting in chairs that form a circle. During prayer one day I opened my eyes and I saw a semicircle of legs and feet and I thought, what a great painting that would make! It’s a gift

Today I painted this seated woman. I had my husband take some photos of me last night sitting in a chair downstairs. Even though this is a very loose and almost abstract painting, I can still see parts of me in there. Very strange. I always thought that to make a painting look like someone,

Today was a perfect painting day. After being in a workshop for 5 days last week with 9 other women, then busy with family and friends over the weekend, it was a little slice of Heaven to spend the day painting in my studio. Alone. When I got my paints out, my apron on, and

This is a painting of a cafe done in the workshop. I can see how I’ve gotten looser with my paint throughout the week. At this rate, in a month no one will be able to tell what I’m painting. This looser way of painting has opened up a whole new world for me. I

The painting of the elderly couple and of the dog are both paintings from the workshop. I have finally learned how to put down paint and just leave it (for the most part). I used to spend so much time reworking and adjusting. By leaving my first strokes, my intuitive strokes, I think the paintings

I’m happy to say that I’m back to painting after all the preparations for the show. I have the large sunflower painting at the printer, he is making POSTERS of the painting. I’m excited to get them, hopefully mid week. They will be $30 each and measure 24″ x 36″. The show is going well,

This morning I went over to our church and hung all 20 paintings for the show. Whew, what a relief it is to have all the paintings finished and up. Now I’ll take a couple of days to CLEAN UP my studio and then get back to painting. I’ve been thinking about making a poster