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04/23/2026

Powerful affirmation bubbled up for me today:

“There is an endless well of art inside me. I don’t know where it all comes from, but it is abundant if I stay out of the way and let it flow through me.”
🎨

04/19/2026

Wedding preview weekend with complete!

04/17/2026

Some pieces surprise me, and this is one of them. The spontaneity and color feel good, but a little different. I named it Wedgewood Blue; something about it reminds me of an abstract blue pattern on fine china. Swipe for close-up.

Fun playing with to showcase the piece

04/14/2026

Who’s with me?? It’s time!

04/12/2026

Color mixing is magical. I remember when I learned how to mix colors for the first time. It was 4th grade art class using that tempura paint that had the funky smell. But oh how I loved walking into Mrs. Cunningham’s art classroom. Truly magical. She taught us how to mix colors from red, blue and yellow, and from then on, I was hooked. She also was the first teacher to show my work. It was a crayon still life of fruits and vegetables spilling out of a cornucopia. I was so excited to have it displayed in “Festival in the Park” in Charlotte, NC!

04/11/2026

Saturday studio session…work in progress. Pink and green have been calling to me lately.

04/10/2026

How do you when it’s done? It’s a question artists hear often about our work. Sometimes there’s an immediacy of a piece that happens and for whatever reason, it comes together fast. “Ethereal Blue” is an 8” x 8” piece like that. I knew almost immediately once the winglike shape emerged that it was going to be a less finished type of piece for me. It’s less about technical perfection and more about a feeling—it has to feel a certain way—it’s that simple. If it doesn’t, I keep working on it. I love the mood the deep blue swaths create. Moody and strong at the same time. Swipe to see detail. Shown using

On display as part of their “Patterns & Perspectives” show.

04/09/2026

Just a small selection of my collection of beautiful books. As an artist, inspiration is essential. Perusing a gorgeous book always moves me off center—especially if it’s about flowers!

04/07/2026

Evidence of creation, a messy palette and paint-covered hands

04/06/2026

What is it about texture that is so enticing? Early on, when I first started painting, it was realistic and I tried to make my paintings really smooth, which could be frustrating. Over time, I realized that I was fascinated by texture and patina—think old buildings with crumbling walls, aged copper, tree bark, rocks, and so on. As my style evolved, it was obvious that texture is one of my muses, and it suits my painting aesthetic. I love creating a sense of history in a painting with layers and layers of paint. The pieces evolve over time and multiple studio sessions with results that are different and unpredictable every time. That’s what I love, I think. Even if asked to recreate a piece, it physically wouldn’t be possible because of my process and my obsession with texture. I could get it similar, but never the same. Shown is a close-up of texture in a work in progress.

04/05/2026

Sketchbook snippets…all from the last few weeks, all influenced by the season. For those of you who have been following me for a while, you know I love flowers and Spring colors. Naturally, I find this season of rebirth and growth very inspiring.

Sketchbooks are not perfect. Sketchbooks are messy. Sketchbooks offer a glimpse into choices over time as a way to see where I want to go with my art. Colors that energize or calm me. Marks that feel right. Expression for the sake of staying plugged into a practice. A way of exploring ideas in a visual way.

I’ve always used sketchbooks on some level, especially when I’m working on a specific project to figure out ideas, but lately with guidance from an art coach, I’m realizing there’s so much more to it than that and that these little books can be my guide if I let them!

I had these pages open in an airport recently, and a nice man glanced over my shoulder and asked, “Did you paint that?” I said “yes,” and he said, “those are good.” Then he talked about his hobby of painting in watercolor—a little random moment of connection with a stranger.

04/03/2026

Gold, both literally and figuratively. Sitting with my siblings in my parents’ home a couple of weeks ago after my father passed, we discovered this treasure. A reminder of a favorite pastime of mine growing up in the 1970’s. With no devices, not even good tv reception, to keep me entertained, I would open the bottom cabinets of our built-in cabinet in the den and pull out all the photo albums and cameras to keep me entertained. I remember the cover of this one so vividly. A core memory unlocked.

With my father now passed on, we’re processing. When we opened this album, we were each flooded with our own core memories. Our mother is still living, but with Alzheimer’s, which is so sad, because all that she is and was to us has almost disappeared completely. I’ve included just a couple of the images from the album that stirred me the most—in the best possible way. Seeing how my parents are looking at me in these pics moves me. I’m so grateful to them both for who they were and how they poured into us.

The pull for me to honor my parents’ legacy is coming through so clearly for me, and I’m certain it will find its way into my art this year. Be on the lookout for some splashes of vintage gold in my new work.💛
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