The Delegate
This is one of those pieces that took a different turn than what I had originally planned. The background was going to have some negative painted jungle type leaves in it, but I loved the flowy juicy background that I … Continued
Tonight’s the Night!
Tonight is the Artist Reception, during Third Thursday, at Artlandia in Hutchinson where 27 pieces of my original art are currently hanging. Not only will you have my art to look at though, there will also be: One of the … Continued
Tulips at Sunrise
This week I have had a lot of fun making a big stack of pretty papers using a printing plate and various tools, mostly hand made. One of those papers found its way into this piece as the vase, and … Continued
Eleanor Roosevelt
Instead of a single quote today, you are going to get several! I have been plugging away on my tribute journal, where each spread features a person (or even fictional character) and something about them… usually a quote or something … Continued
Forest Queen
“Forest Queen” first appeared in my sketchbook. I was inspired looking through my stash of papers, and my new line of stencils. Dots in a Row is especially evident in the background. After getting everything blocked in, I did some … Continued
Focus on the Negatives Workshop
Last weekend I taught one of my favorite techniques, reverse painting, at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in Wichita . Making the background is loads of fun, but painting in where the images aren’t can be confusing and tricky! … Continued
A Number in the Crowd
“A Number in the Crowd” is chock full of my new stencil designs! First, I created a lovely background using Citra Solv and National Geographic magazine papers… Then I did all kinds of fun stenciling with my new stencil designs… … Continued
Leaves Stencil Set
I am so excited to begin to introduce my own line of stencils and masks. These are designs that I have been wishing for as I do my own artwork, and I thought you might like them too! I have … Continued
Favorite Art of 2015
This is a tough one! But it has been great fun looking through all the art I created in 2015… more than any other year! More importantly, when I look at previous years, I can see that I continue to … Continued