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 and beautiful skyscapes, and I want to be able to paint it! These barns are deteriorating a little more every year. Before we know it, they will be gone! I NEED to record what's around me, and I want to be able t

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 make me engage! LOL! Isn't that what all bloggers wish for? First order of business is to show you how "Clementine" turned out. I LOVE it! It may not be for everyone, but she is my precious granddaughter and the