So Many Mixed Emotions

I’m working now with inspiratons from tonalist artist Charles Warren Eaton, often known as “the pine tree painter”. Today’s painting…

Happy Holidays

There are many different holidays celebrated at this time of year. Our family celebrates Christmas; other friends celebrate Kwanzaa, Yule,…

Anybody like hot pink? Honestly, it’s never been a favorite of mine. I’m not a “girly” sort, have never been…

There is a hauntingly beautiful song from the 1980’s by The Alan Parsons Project. Maybe you remember it, or maybe…

Did you know that woodless pencils exist? For a long time I had no idea there was such a thing…

This little 3 x 5 painting is the 10th in my series of 31 “tonalist-inspired” landscapes. While it was inspired…

I’ll admit to having always had a bit of a fascination with forgeries. I’ve felt the same way about impersonators, too, and…

There’s a song from Fiddler on the Roof that speaks of sunrises and sunsets and how swiftly flow the days. …

We’ve probably all sung that little song about learning our alphabet, and I’ve been singing it again quite often in…

When I first met and fell in love — artistically speaking — with tonalist George Inness, it was his painting Home of the…

Even though my husband must get out each day as an essential worker, we are taking as many precautions as…

Today I’m sharing the seventh painting in my series of 3 x 5 “Index Card” landscapes. It’s part of my…

Have you ever played with Wordle? I first discovered Wordle years ago. and I’ve had a lot of fun playing…

When I began my 3 x 5 index card landscape project to study tonalism, I wasn’t really planning on posting every…

Every year I look forward to the announcement of Pantone’s “Color of the Year”. This year — which has been…

Here is another — Day 4 — of my index card paintings for the month. I’m calling this one “Awareness”…

You’ll be seeing a lot of fluid art over the next few weeks, specifically acrylic pouring. To date, I have yet…

I’m loving my 31-day oil-painting project! I definitely have a lot of work to do on bare trees, but this…

My art work over the last few days has gone in two very different directions. With my oil-painting project on…

Here is the second of my series of index card oil paintings as I go through the month learning about tonalism…