What happens when 18 people pray for 18 days? (highlights from Piccolo Spoleto 2012)

Export to PDF | Export to DOC Does prayer make a difference? It sure did for me. Even as I write this, someone I love is smack dab in the midst of a major life crisis, but I’ve watched in awe over the last month as our powerful God has continued to specifically answer the […]

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 […]

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 […]

The cutest cottage on Sullivan’s Island

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThe owner of this adorable home located on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, let my husband Tim and I stay here for a night during the 2011 Piccolo Spoleto Festival. This was not a friend or relative, or even an acquaintance who loaned us her home. She was just a generous woman, […]

Reflections on our great Charleston adventure

Export to PDF | Export to DOCAfter spending 16 consecutive days sitting in Marion Square during Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibit, here are a few thoughts and observations I came away with. I should definitely keep painting. I had an overwhelming response to my COLOR, subjects, and style. I am definitely not doing any […]

Lots of people must be praying! (news from my booth at Piccolo Spoleto)

Export to PDF | Export to DOC This family from Charleston were my first customers of the show on the opening day of Piccolo Spoleto,  purchasing SUNFLOWER PATH.  They hung it up right away in their family room and then decided they needed one more for their living room, so they came back later that same day and bought […]

18 work days in Charleston; 30 calendar days in June

Export to PDF | Export to DOC7 Days down, 11 more to go… This month’s calendar features a scene from Charleston, SC which is the place I am currently staying until the Piccolo Spoletto Festival is finished. I’ve got my tent set up in Marion Square until June 11th at 6pm. If you’re in the […]

putting all my chips on the table (and then some)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCToday’s the big day. We’re heading to Charleston for the Piccolo Spoleto Festival which is the cross roads for my painting business. I’m praying that this show will give me some clear direction as to whether or not I keep pursuing my dream of becoming a famous painter, or whether […]

Only 6 more days (until 16 days in my tent)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCThis time next week I’ll be finishing up the first of sixteen days as an artist in the Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibit. Only seven more days until I’ll be living right in the heart of what you’ve been seeing in all these new Charleston paintings I’ve been working […]

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. […]