The Return to the Virtual

The Return to the Virtual

Hello! It’s been a awhile… After a hiatus of a few years, I’ve returned to dust off this blog and share some more scattered thoughts, special memories, and random insights into life and art. I’ve continued to write and paint often during my...
The Little Blue Room

The Little Blue Room

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ― Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island Most mothers, in the midst of raising young children, can’t possibly fathom what the house will be like when the kids are older. What would life be like...
Nothing is Constant but Change

Nothing is Constant but Change

“The Secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” ~Aldous Huxley I’m a woman in my 40’s going through major life changes. (I know, very cliché. This is the age where life changes...
Everyday Dust

Everyday Dust

“Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ~ Pablo Picasso The end of January. In our family this is the time that the holiday celebrations are now truly over. Hard on the heels of the New Year, we celebrate both my husband’s and my son’s...
Pieces of Me

Pieces of Me

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” Henri Matisse I once had a fellow artist, after studying my newest additions to my wall in the local gallery, remark, “It must be all rainbow colors and...
I Dream My Painting

I Dream My Painting

I came across a quote by Vincent Van Gogh today…one of those moments when words perfectly fit feelings. “I dream my painting and then paint my dream.” When I am painting, life around me ceases and I get lost in the world I am creating. It’s a...