A few weeks ago, I was on a long drive home from visiting my daughter who is away at college. Listening to audio books and podcasts helps...

Last February, I visited a botanical garden during an unseasonably warm afternoon. It was an overcast day. The clouds created moody...

Have you ever noticed the different sizes of museum paintings? Maybe, if you're like me, when you leave a museum, you think about all of...

If you can walk into a museum filled with art and identify the artists without looking at the placard, then you understand artistic...

As February begins, the exhibitions are starting again. I'm so excited to show and view art in person. There is nothing so authentic and...

Commissioned art is always a challenge because I want to paint what the client sees in their mind.

Many artists say that their favorite piece of their own art is not the piece that others tend to like. This is true for me as well. It...

You probably know that if you look closely in nature you will find infinite views and compositions. Just stepping into my neglected front...

How reading and climate change lead to a new painting series.

It’s been an exciting roller coaster type of experience to begin showing my art. My goal was to show my newest paintings in at least ten...

It's human nature to collect things. A lot of people find joy in certain objects. My husband collects sports jerseys and sports...

Sometimes I wonder about the border between being stuck and being obsessed. Many artists repeat the same subject in multiple paintings....

Just some reminiscing about flowers long ago and musing over their remaining influence on my art.

Rhythms of the natural world often coincide with creative work.

Is beauty radical, life-changing or even important? Maybe not, but here's my view.

Sustaining a creative practice requires small breaks. Take a breath with a small diversion without stopping the process.

I don't actually believe that failing is necessary to improve, but sometimes it helps.

We are what we read! Books influence artists in many ways.

Variations on a theme, chain painting, collection creating, sustained creativity: there are many reasons to work in a series.

There is a lot of business skill needed to get the paintings out of the studio and into the gallery. Here's my plan.