In some circles the 3 R’s are reading, writing, and arithmetic- but not in my world.  It’s ribbon, rub-ons, and rubber stamps. That’s the latest Artsy Fartsy Friendly Fun challenge with my creative friend,  Maria McGuire.  The rules are simple.  Use the 3 things in anything and in any way.  Be sure to check out [...]

  The mortgage is due.  There is an issue with the insurance company that I need to follow up on.  The garden needs to be shut down for winter.  Lots of cleaning should be done.  What did I do? None of that! I got out my Gelli Plate.  Once it was out of the plastic [...]

I am happy- there is paint on my fingers! Every so often my muse takes long vacations away from me so I work on the mundane parts of art then.  Here is a piece of rosin paper (big cheap roll from the hardware store!) with tags gesso’d on.  I have sheets of these I made [...]

There is something to learn in every piece I create- especially the ones I struggle with.  I debated posting this one but since I was on a deadline – I posted it, fear and all with that knot in my stomach.  When I went to sleep I was in full doubt mode.  Ever been there?  [...]

It has been an insane couple of weeks.  Big projects and deadlines in what felt like every aspect of my life.   Good things but stressful things.  I finally found some time to just play in the studio.  While making this page I was reminded over and over of how the support of kind friends made [...]

I never know where or when art-spiration will appear- this time from inside this work-in-progress.   Tracy Verdugo, who taught a great class at Art Is You, had us notice the “good parts” of the canvas.  I was so taken with a couple of spots, I knew I wanted to experiment more with them.   This [...]

I am still feeling the influence of the first Fall Fearless and Fly challenge, as you can see from my color palette! I love challenges because I get to see how different artists interpret the same prompts.  Want to play?  There is still plenty of time for you to join us!   The seed that [...]

Today Fall Fearless and Fly begins!   I’m showing you a few sneak peeks of what I’ve made for the first challenge – stop over at Artists in Blogland to see the prompt, my video, and what Jessica Sporn created for this first challenge!  I feel so blessed to be co-hosting this challenge!  There is an [...]

Playing around,  but with a twist – I went very basic on this and I like it!  No stencils, no writing, no images.  Such a weird feeling not to have text on there- anywhere.  At first I thought it  wasn’t finished but once I realized it was an ode to the gobstoppers of summers at [...]