highlights from my 16 day art show marathon (Piccolo Spoleto 2012)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCToday is DAY 5 of this 16 day adventure. So far, we’ve only had 5 minutes of rain, tons of shoppers, and enough sales already  to make it worth the trip. If you’re interested in a daily update… LIKE me on Facebook and you’ll hear what’s going on each […]

We made it to Charleston!

Export to PDF | Export to DOCToday marks the opening of the 2012 Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibit So I thought it was appropriate to show a photo of my most recent oil painting called “Society Street”  — a portrait of just one of Charleston’s many beautiful historic homes. If you’re visiting Charleston for either […]

Goodbye, Hydrangeas…

Export to PDF | Export to DOCCharleston here we come! I am not thrilled about leaving my hydrangea behind. It is in full bloom right now, and by the time I return from my time exhibiting at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, it will probably be spent and faded. There are some other things I’m not […]

A cute little card brightened my day!

Export to PDF | Export to DOCMy friend Bess sent me a card yesterday. Leave it to Bess to have a fun stamp on the envelope too.  Much to my surprise, I opened it up to find one of my old paintings on the front of the card. Which made me smile! (I think this is actually […]

2,500 staples and 3-1/2 days later…

Export to PDF | Export to DOC39 Flower Prints were born! I spent the better part of last week working on stretching a whole new batch of Giclee prints for some upcoming events I’m participating in. It was a marathon of stretching for me, as I assembled 30 small flower prints and 9 large prints. […]

Happy May Day! (a new month = a new calendar)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThis Dahlia was one of the last flowers of the season in my yard last fall. I just couldn’t resist painting it. To see this painting in person, just visit… Metropolitan Arts Council Gallery • “One-Stop Open Studios Retrospective Exhibit” April 10 – May 14, 2012 16 Augusta St., Greenville, […]

When I FINALLY stopped caring so much…

Export to PDF | Export to DOC…A gallery from Highlands, NC called to say they wanted to represent me! And now seven of my oil paintings are hanging in this adorable gallery, which is run by the nicest man you’d ever want to meet. The owner, Ken Johnson, had seen my work in downtown Greenville […]

Just one of many GoodWill treasures…

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI just got this NEW/OLD desk from GoodWill. [ It was only $10!] I think I paid $4 (or possibly $5) for the perfectly matching desk chair back in 2003 at The Salvation Army store in  Bayview, WI (53207 to be exact.) My NEW/OLD  desk is just ONE of the many amazing […]

A pile of hedge apples

Export to PDF | Export to DOCHere’s a painting I created in February, called Hedge Apples. It was for a contest for Countybank. They were looking to purchase 12 paintings for the lobbies of two of their Greenville locations. THIS particular piece wasn’t chosen, but I DID enter three of them… Below are some photos […]

So much beauty to share

Export to PDF | Export to DOCMy  blog-fast is officially over, but where do I even begin? I guess I’ll start by saying that I gave up my blog for Lent, mostly because I’ve realized over the last couple of years that the “success” of my painting career often teeters on the brink of becoming […]