A little work in progress

by | Aug 8, 2012 | Current Shows

Summer break is two weeks shorter for us this year since our daughter will enter a school that begins earlier. I’ve been taking care of school supplies, uniforms and, on top of it all, cleaning out my home for a block rummage sale. I bet I’m not the only one out there...

Understanding Freedom through Art

by | Jul 3, 2012 | Philosophy

  What does it mean to be free? It’s such an abstract concept for someone who has always been relatively free. I mean, it sounds simple enough to understand, but how do we really appreciate freedom unless we’ve experienced the opposite? If you’re an...

Colorful Cauliflower: A Live Painting Demo

by | Jun 18, 2012 | Art Instruction

I’ve been learning a little bit about iMovie and editing video from Canadian photographer Vivienne McMaster. My first attempt is this edited version of a demo I did in March of 2011 for the Los Altos Art Club. It needs some better music, but I’ll let that...

Are you strong enough to be a dad?

by | Jun 1, 2012 | Painting Stories, Philosophy

“Reach for the Stars”, acrylic on wood panel (original Sold) The vocation of being a dad is not for the faint of heart. I am a daughter, one of three sisters. I also have a daughter and mostly girl cousins. Almost every living being in our family, except my...

Out of Darkness

by | May 23, 2012 | Art Instruction, Painting Stories

My Irish grandmother used to say, “Into every life a little rain must fall.” She wasn’t just stating the obvious. She was speaking a necessary truth. You can’t have “happy” all the time, no matter how much you wish it. But then, without the darker times, would we know...

Open Studio 2012 This Weekend!

by | May 11, 2012 | Current Shows

I’m all packed up and about to go set my booth up for Silicon Valley Open Studios 2012! Over the past week I have introduced you to a few of my fellow exhibitors. There will be 14 of us in all. The rest of the artists selling their awesome work at this location...