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 […]

I have fallen in love…

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI am still in love with this sea of sunflowers! This painting is the second (and definitely NOT the last) oil painting inspired from my favorite  field in Travelers Rest, SC. (Click here to see a link to the first one.) To see this painting in person, stop into The […]

Your new calendar for April… (no foolin’)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCMonth #4 (seriously!) Here’s a new April, 2011 Calendar for your computer’s desktop. Just click on the image, save it to your desktop, and then make that image your wallpaper. Click here to read about this painting on my website. Click here to see a video of this painting from start to […]

standing at the edge of a sea of sunflowers…

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI finished a big new oil painting yesterday! It’s called “sunflower path” and it’s from some photos I took from a field in Travelers Rest, SC. To see some of the photos I took of this sea of sunflowers, click here. To read what this painting makes me think […]

Still snowed in! (another coloring sheet for making more art)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCFour snow days this week, plus the already scheduled days off for Friday and Monday = A 10-day Weekend! I was supposed to be teaching “art day” at my son Nathan’s school on Thursday but it got snowed out! In preparation for my talk to all the 4th grade […]

Location #82 + the Meaning behind my Paintings

Export to PDF | Export to DOC142 artists opened up their studios on November 6 & 7, as part of the 2010 Greenville OPEN STUDIOS Tour. All weekend long I heard people say “I wish we had time to see  ALL the studios!” So for those of you who didn’t get a chance to stop by location […]

new prints of sunflower #5!

Export to PDF | Export to DOCLast winter I completed a series of five sunflower paintings. And then sure enough, my very favorite one of the five sold. Since it was sold to a client in Milwaukee, before making the delivery I decided to have it “captured” by my fine art printer, Prime Digital Media (which […]

Sunflowers are Fun flowers!

Export to PDF | Export to DOCIf you love sunflowers as much as I do, here’s some visual inspiration for you! My husband stumbled across this field of sunflowers while driving home from a hike in the mountains. Knowing my delight over this kind of scene, he took me back there — equipped with my […]

Another sunflower painting finds a good home (Milwaukee Delivery #3)

I delivered my very favorite sunflower painting recently. I was so pleased when I pulled up to see that my painting matched the feel of their darling home. My blog shows photos of the exterior improvements they made to their home.