Paint Your Joy!

Sad Glads are so named because they were getting a little tired and began folding in the middle, just giving up on standing tall. They were ...

These are two little step-brothers who were born on our ranch outside Brenham, TX. They have the same daddy but different mommies. They were...

I found these billy goats in Wyoming and immediately, I could hear my own "story voice" in my head saying, " Who's that t...

What a long road to get to this mountain! I drove to Wyoming and painted this mountain on a piece of 10x8 canvas, drove it all the way back...

Here's something else I learned from Kathryn: if a painting's not working for you, don't try to live with it and don't give...

I spent a week with Kathryn Stats, learning how to take a plein air sketch and turn it into a studio piece. She is the queen of that. I con...

I am painting this week with some wonderful artists, most of whom are from the San Antonio area.  Our focus: landscapes!  All the clothes I...

Our middle son James was home for several days in January, taking care of some business. He was so gracious to consent to sit for me over a ...

The lovely daughter of a painter in our Monday group, this is Rainy. The child really has a unique sense of style, with her fur vest, shell ...

This is the daughter of a friend of mine, just a head study. I won't tell you how many hours I painted on this little thing. I always t...

I've been meeting a group of artists out in Wyoming for several years; we go to mostly the same places to paint every year. This last vi...

I'm attaching 3 pictures today so that you can experience Geyser Creek in a somewhat greater context than just the painting alone. I wou...

  One day of my Wyoming trip every year is devoted to mentoring a local art student and this year, my student was a really enthusiastic and ...

While in Wyoming , we were determined to do at least one sunset painting, preferably of the mountains. We were finally able to do that this ...

One day while we were in Wyoming, several local cowboys came to pose for us. This cowboy's name is John Phelps, the father of Chance Phe...