If you didn't read my last few posts about Plein Air painting and the Bill Davidson workshop on Pawley's Island, SC, you may want to go back to read them. I didn't mean to start a series, but that's what i ended up doing. My slowness learning new technology didn't...

Today's the day! I finally have all of my ducks in row (i.e. I have better lighting equipment and Steve has a new camera!) and it's time to share my paintings from the Bill Davidson workshop! Now I can't remember the order in which they were painted, but I'm pretty sur...

I will try not to be overly dramatic here, but its going to be hard!  The Plein Air workshop on Pawley’s Island with Bill Davidson was spectacular. I meant to post everyday, but I was having too much fun to step away from the action in order to get on my...

I will try not to be overly dramatic here, but its going to be hard!  The Plein Air workshop on Pawley’s Island with Bill Davidson was spectacular. I meant to post everyday, but I was having too much fun to step away from the action in order to get on my...

I have been drawn to portraits since my second oil painting. I love and am so inspired by people's faces. However, I am also inspired everyday by what I see outside my window. I live on a beautiful old farm with so much personality. We are surrounded by flat farmland a...

Obviously, I completely dropped the ball on this blog! Im going to try to give it another go, and we will see what happens. Life is happening so fast that it is impossible, it seems, to settle in and be accountable to this blog. Talk to me in the comments, please, and...

     I always love the day I actually get down to starting a painting! Usually, I think about them a while before I ever pull out a canvas and get to work. This particular portrait was no exception. Back in early summer, my grand daughter had her first dance recital. W...