This corner of my studio scares me. So I avoid it. And it gets scarier and scarier and scarier until it starts interfering with any...

Usually when I sit down to blog, I have several topics that have been swimming in my head for a while to choose from. And it's just a...

The other day I mentioned to a friend that, whenever I get to the studio and close the door behind me, I feel safe. He asked me what...

First of all, making something a personal challenge rather than another item on your long to-do list, implies right way that there will...

A couple of weeks ago, a construction worker next door (they are completely gutting and remodeling the house) started to toss a big...

Many of you already know that I am scheduled to have surgery for a brain aneurysm next Monday morning. I've known about this for a couple...

I guess that was my age. Fifth grade. Go figure. The teacher lets me be the hall monitor, which means I can use the key to get supplies...

Accepting the fact I will lose focus no matter how dedicated I am to the project is a good start. Like I'm taught to "return to my...

There's a lot of pressure, internally and externally, to capitalize on the gift buying that happens around the winter holidays. I've...

Once when I was working hard trying to enter the "art world" and prove my "worthiness" as an artist (make a living doing art), someone...

I'm set to do a fundraising Sip 'n' Play event next month. It's not my first so I have some history to look back over to see what I want...

I love reading inspirational books and watching videos about strategies other people have for living well, accomplishing goals, being...

I've been a fan of the art process vs. getting too attached to the "final" product for as long as I can remember. I often lose interest...

I’m thinking of one in particular named Kat. She was a nurse at the hospital where my sister was beginning to die of breast cancer...

I remember making cones out of the pages of a wallpaper sample book my grandmother gave me, tying ribbons onto them (handles) and filling...

It's fun to get going on this wagon without any real end game plan. Thinking you might like to come along for the ride and see where this...

I'm a planner for sure. Always have been. Love lists and notebooks and calendars and to-do lists. Love making little check-off boxes and...

When you buy a shirt or other product featuring my artwork, you also help me feed someone who is hungry. Thanks to my friends who shared...

I very nearly decided to not write anymore blogs in order to focus my efforts to spread the joy of Art and Gardens everywhere in my...

365 doodles/drawings/paintings in one year On April 19th, of 2019, I decided to find out how my art and life would change if I made at...