Export to PDF | Export to DOC“Breathe In” was one of two therapy pieces I worked on this past fall. The setting is inspired by the Low Country of South Carolina — a place of breathtaking beauty that often brings a sense of peace to my soul. Here are some photos I took that show this oil painting […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCA year of beautiful flowers for 2015… Several months ago, I decided I had run out of time to create a 2015 calendar. But then I visited my brother and his family in Wisconsin over the weekend, and saw my 2014 calendar hanging on his refrigerator. That is what finally inspired me […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCThe creative spirit within me loves to have something new to look at. Here’s a free and simple way to freshen up your desk for the new month. Clean off workspace (Be ruthless in throwing things away.) Clean off computer desktop (This is more complicated. My quick & easy “system” is to […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCThe first of FIVE Sunflowers. Sometimes I get a little carried away with an idea. While some people might think it’s a good idea to paint “a” sunflower, for some reason I felt the need to paint FIVE. Those who know me well, will heartily agree that this is pretty much the story of my […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCWhat’s in the box? Guess, Share, and WIN for two! Here’s how it works: The first person to correctly guess what’s inside the tall box — wins for TWO! One prize for you, and one prize for the friend you shared this post with. The prize is something very […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCWe have a new store called Sunflower. Just like the sunflower in the painting, I’m not quite ready to show it off. Our Sunflower store opened on July 10th, and it has been quite busy with shoppers, considering how we haven’t really shared much about it. Really nothing other than […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCJuly 2010… we went on vacation. Four years later, we’re up working until all hours of the night getting ready to open our new store called “Sunflower.” Would I swap out this month, for July 2010? [Back to my easy, uncomplicated life?] Not a chance. July 2014 finds me in the […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCOur NEW targeted Opening Date for Sunflower is Monday, July 7. [ Or maybe Tuesday, July 8, which would then mean 8 days and counting. ] Here are a few photos of what we are working on today… Watch the numbers in the window for the most up-to-date status of our […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCSunflower’s newly acquired electric typewriter inspires my 6th grade son to write this Japanese Tanka Poem. Initial questions this typewriter raised: What IS this? What does it DO? Can we PLEASE get this? Secondary questions regarding the typewriter: How do I save my file? Why doesn’t it delete? How do I […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOC “Hydrangea Boxes“ is the last painting I created at the studio I had inside my shop called Home COLOR. I just moved out over the weekend, and we are working like crazy to get the new store and studio up and running. Right now I feel a little homeless. And OVERWHELMED. Our […]
