my first pink painting

Export to PDF | Export to DOCHow Pink! How Fun! How Charleston!* Here’s painting #2 in my series called “Turning 40 in Charleston.” I’m working on this series of small streetscapes of that lovely city to take with me to the 2011 Piccolo Spoletto Outdoor Art Festival. I think this painting is my new favorite. […]

Less is more. Spring Decor.

Export to PDF | Export to DOCLESS is a relative term. So for spring, here’s MY version of LESS.

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 […]

how a few green leaves changed my life

Export to PDF | Export to DOCIf you’re like me, then you NEED to see GREEN all year-long. Two weeks ago I spent $5 on a bare-root hydrangea bush that I will plant in my yard this spring. Since there were already a few tiny leaves poking out of the packaging when I bought the […]

finding beauty (done! “rudbeckia”)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThe best part of being an artist, is the moment when you decided a painting is DONE! Yesterday I finished an oil painting that I’ve been working on since January 19th. It’s called “Rudbeckia.” (The official name of the big yellow flowers is “Rudbeckia hirta Prairie Sun,” but I thought […]

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 […]

ANOTHER snow-day in South Carolina??! (make some more art!)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCIt snowed about 7 inches today here in Travelers Rest, South Carolina. So since there are no plows to remove the snow, we will just wait for it to melt. I LOVE THAT. School is already cancelled for tomorrow too, and I’m guessing it will be on Wednesday too. Whoo-hoo! […]

a new decade starts tomorrow

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI love opening up my new calendars and seeing not only the new images I’ll enjoy throughout the year, but the possibilities the blank pages mean. What will I accomplish? What will I see? What new things will God teach me this year? It dawned on me this week […]

Not feeling the “Merry?”

Export to PDF | Export to DOCChristmas isn’t a feel-good holiday for everyone. If you’re needing some HOPE in your life, the message our pastor gave on Sunday helped to lift my spirits. You can listen to “THE MONARCHY WE NEED” by clicking here.

sewing up a storm

Export to PDF | Export to DOCBy now you may be seeing a trend. I am in love with pillows. I spent an entire week this month doing some sewing. And I’m still not done! The new plan to feed my obsession for pillows, is make new COVERS for the pillows I already have. Covers […]