One thing nice about an open studio is that you can haul out work you haven’t seen in a while. Some of it may not have been shown for a long time. Unlike other artforms such as theater, music, and dance where the same play or song gets performed over and over again, visual art […]
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The big reveal & a last minute re-do
This is the last post for the Studio Makeover and De-Clutter month. Congratulations and thank-you to all who participated. After I was 90% finished with the studio makeover, and had already cleaned up, we decided to re-do a wall. There were holes in the sheetrock where we once planned to move a water pipe for […]
Hiding stuff from people can be a good thing
Week 4 and one more week to go in the Studio Makeover and De-Clutter Challenge so now it’s time to HIDE stuff. I don’t mind a mess when I’m working since I’m focused on what I’m doing. But for an open studio one of my challenges is to hide all the stuff I use, or […]
Playing in the mud can be productive
The end of procrastination. Not. I never finished mudding, texturizing and painting the wall we put up to replace the pegboard in 2009. So I decided it was time. I also decided I’d paint it something other than white. Doing my research I got a gazillion color swatches from Lowe’s and I even used the free […]
Two paintings at the Best and the Brightest in Scottsdale
I’m thrilled that two of my paintings were chosen to be in the Scottsdale Artists School exhibition, the Best and the Brightest, White Rabbit with Apricots and Mallards with Lemons. I was fortunate to be at the opening last Friday, 10 January, and it was attended by a steady flow of several hundred art-lookers from 5 […]
Been there, done that
We bought this house with the idea that I’d use the garage as my studio. Two car garage. Nice space. But it was very dark and uninviting since there was no natural light. So the first thing we did was to put in a side entrance door with glass. My dear husband did it […]
Why the “after” pictures look so good
Don’t you just love before and after makeover photos? I’m a sucker for all the makeover TV shows and hair salon magazines showing ordinary people being transformed with just a new haircut (and new makeup, special lighting, and soft focus lenses, of course). We like the ‘after’ photos because we’ve seen the ‘before’ pictures. So […]
Create an ideal studio in 30 days – a Studio Makeover Challenge
Do you love looking at artists’ studios? Is yours in need of help? As a fledgling artist, I’d spend hours drawing floor plans for my ideal studio. It would be on the side of a mountain, with a wall of windows overlooking a lake. It would be modern, clean, uncluttered with high ceilings, loads of […]
Pomegranates with Sumac leaves
I did this after returning home from the workshop I took with Daniel J. Keys in Scottsdale, AZ. It was painted using his palette colors, which are based on the colors used by Richard Scmidt, his mentor and I did it in one session using the alla prima technique on a linen covered panel. These […]
Border artists rock it at Tejidos and Ornamental shows
I’m so honored to be showing with some amazing artists in two shows that had opening receptions this weekend. ORNAMENTAL is a show and sale benefiting Jardin de los Ninos, a non-profit that provides for children. It runs through December 14 at Unsettled Gallery (905 Mesquite, Las Cruces, NM). At the opening, I sold three […]
The painting goes to Christine
We have a winner of the painting give-away. It’s Christine Martell. She’s the principle image wrangler at VisualsSpeak where she builds bridges between the visual and the verbal. She’s also an artist and you can see her artwork here. She chose my orchid painting, Spring Sensation. Congratulations, Christine.
Nesting Instinct – a review, by Becky Hendrick
Nesting Instinct is one of two featured solo shows inaugurating the new online gallery, UNFRAMED. I’m very grateful to Becky Hendrick for taking time to review the work. You can visit the show without spending gas money and no need to don nice clothes, by visiting Unframed.us/ I hope you enjoy the review which I’ve also posted […]