Happy Birds
I finished up a new piece of art last week that I called “Happy Birds” because of the bright cheery colors in it. I started with a wood panel that was actually an unfinished cabinet door. I added scraps and … Continued
Four Seasons Trees
My friend Shirley commissioned a set of four canvases depicting a tree in each of the four seasons in memory of her mother a few years ago. I call the set, “Shirley’s Trees”. Today, I want to share a project … Continued
Leaves in the Sketchbook
Leaves are so versatile, I add them often to artwork and art journal pages. I carve them into stamps, doodle them, paint them, and stencil them. No surprise a leaf sampler showed up in my sketchbook! I love leaves, but I seldom know … Continued
Happy Birthday Kansas!
Kansas entered the Union as the 34th state on January 29, 1861, 100 years and some months before I was born. It is celebrating its 154th birthday today. I love my state. It often gets kind of a bum rap … Continued
“If Trees Could Talk”
I finished a new mixed media collage piece last week called “If Trees Could Talk”. When I look at the 100+ year old trees around my house, I wonder what stories they could tell if only they could talk. They have … Continued
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!
How fun to head out for a run to the post office and discover a wintery wonderland! It was actually only a dusting of snow, but enough to give everything that magical coating of white, transforming the landscape into a fresher … Continued
Temporary Art
Anyone who fails to see the beauty in Kansas must not be looking up! We are so often granted a spectacular display in the enormous Kansas sky. After being blessed by this sunset one evening, I got to thinking about … Continued
Creativity and Math
Those of you who are not math fans, hang in there, because this is really cool. For some, the orderliness of the universe is a compelling argument for the existence of a creative God. Botanists, historians, physicists and theologians alike … Continued
Flights of Fancy
Every artist should spend some time doing what I call “free drawing”. Like free writing, the idea is to just let emerge on paper whatever is lurking in the mind without all the filters and edits we typically constrain … Continued