A Good Question
A conversation fueled by a good question can make all the difference. Trip? Painting? How do all the pieces come together. I was asked over dinner how my time in Portugal will show up in my paintings. It was a [...]
The house is silent
It's almost 9pm on Wednesday night and the house is silent. The rustling has stopped and I believe the wind has worn itself out, for now. Mr. First and I played in the last of the wind. Twirling funnels of [...]
What I subscribe to
I subscribe to a few people myself. Seth Godin's blog arrives daily. He has not missed a day in 11 years. I was going to blame PGE on not getting my blog done; but I thought of Seth and knew [...]
Do more, worry less: The daily notebook
I recently posted in Instagram how I use my notebook everyday to break the inner critic chatter. I keep it at my side as I work through intense periods of painting. Working in the notebook keeps painter's angst away! Plus [...]
Question time
The medium arrived during the heat wave. Not wanting to leave my four in distress any longer I've been working at night when the wax has a chance of cooling down enough to harden. It's impossible to paint hot on [...]