2/52- January Coal Tit Chilly days and lingering snow in the Sierras and I am sneaking away for a little weekend break in Monterey, CA....

1/52 - Eucalyptus Sprig So am I going to make 52 paintings this year? You betcha! I admit that I'm feeling rusty as I start off a fresh...

52/52 Bowl Of Ornaments, 6" x 6", oil on panel Happy Holidays! What a year! I finished up my 2021 challenge today, which was EXTREMELY...

51/52-Floral Notes The short days of December, with these latest piles of heavy snow are feeling pretty gloomy. Oh how dark the Holly...

My lovely cousin passed unexpectedly away this morning. When we were growing up, I spent every summer at his house in a little Cotswold...

50/52 Scissor Blizzard, 6" x 6" Oil on Panel This is our weekend to decorate for the holidays. Woohoo! The boxes are down from the garage...

I am super proud to announce that I received an award from The Nevada Arts Council for the FY22 Grant! The NAC is based in Carson City,...

Happy Thanksgiving Y’all! 49/52 Lovely Bunch, 6" x 6", oil on panel I’m digging through some of this year’s food challenge photos to...

48/52- Blooming Blessings, 6" x 6", oil on panel I painted this as part of The Miller's Habit Forming Flowers class. I love how they...

47/52 Plums and Milk, 6” x 6”, oil on canvas Painting metal jugs happens to be one of my most favorite challenges. I haven’t painted one...

46/52 Snapdragon study I have been working on large flower paintings over the last couple of weeks. These are commission pieces and I...

44/52 Mixed Nuts This little painting has already made it’s way to the home of a collector in California. He already had a number of my...

42 and 43/52 I’m in sunflower mode, so I grabbed photos (with permission from Brian and Debbie Miller!) and got painting. My eldest...

41/52 Mon Petit Choufleur It’s been a while! The kids are back at school so there were no more excuses… time to start posting my...

I’m going to take a couple of weeks break. I have an injury that caused my elbow and hand to swell, painting is off the menu for a while....

39/52 Fort Bragg Balloons, 6" x 6", Oil on Canvas Happy 4th of July! As the circus comes into town, it’s time to head home. A last coffee...

38/52 Scent of Summer, 6” x 6”, oil painting When I arrived to the area, I bought season passes to Mendocino Botanical Gardens, so this...

37/52 All You Need Is CLove. 6" x 6", oil on panel. It’s been pretty overcast the last few days in my Mendocino Glass Art Studio, with...

36/52 “Zingy Citrus” 6” x 6”, oil on canvas panel. Summer solstice citrus slices. NOT my usual palette at all and I love it! I got sucked...

35/52 Wine and Roses An event doesn't have to be big to make it a celebration. I might like wine and roses brought to me as a surprise......