Paint Your Joy!

An unfinished still life, begun in a workshop recently. There are two sets of complements in this set-up: the sake bottle and cup; the green...

On this bridge, I painted with Lee and Kay, two of my great painter peeps. There was a big, huge heap of horse hockey right behind us, lendi...

One day, while I was on my Wyoming retreat, we had a "paint the town" day, and believe it or not, this mine-like thing is right do...

*sold* I believe the exact name of this creek is Torrey Creek but it is located in Whiskey Basin and they call it Whiskey Creek because, ac...

This is Carol, the new mistress of Sassy Pig. Sassy Pig won second in oils at the show in Wyoming. Who said you shouldn't put lipstick...

To market, to market, to sell some fat pigs... I'm off to paint for a couple of weeks in Colorado and Wyoming. These little piggies will...

Pretty kitty kitty, sleeping on a bench, being all difficult to paint. Jax is painted on a paper bag; something I really enjoy doing, althou...

These little piggies were given to me by my sister. I never meant to collect pigs, or anything else for that matter. We used to live in the ...

This rough-hewn pine, pink piglet was a gift from my husband and came with a white heartflower painted on her side. I posed her on a green c...

*sold* Sassy is a South American terracotta piggy. She's wearing lipstick.

This tiny wooden elephant sits on our kitchen windowsill, guarding the tea canister. When we were first married, my husband went on a round-...

I shot several pictures of this little 6x6 and they are all totally glare-smacked. It's too dark to reshoot so I'll give you an apol...

Before I fly off to other projects, I need to post a further working of the Stolen Beauty. Still a sketch but a little less sketchy. I do li...

This angel sketch is a demo, teaching how to quickly and accurately sketch out and block in a design, and also a lesson in light and shadow....

I am just getting back from a wonderful week of painting with my husband. We camped in New Mexico and made daily trips up into Colorado to p...