I am excited to announce that my DVD, The You Factor: Powerful, Personal Design in Opaque Watercolor, filmed for Creative Catalyst Productions, is currently available! To see a sneak preview and a 4-part interview I did with CCP, click HERE
Donna and Brigitte Schlemmer, Executive Director of the Fallbrook School of the Arts
I’ve just returned from teaching a workshop for the Fallbrook School of the Arts. The town of Fallbrook is about an hour outside of San Diego, CA and prides itself on being the avocado capital of the world. It is also quite a lively arts community that was once [...]
I hope that you all had a fabulous holiday weekend. Summer is finally here!
Ruth Armitage, a friend and wonderful artist, is celebrating the second year anniversary of her blog. In celebration of her “Blog-O-versary”, she did an interview with me that is featured in her post today. I was honored to be a part of her celebration and I thought you [...]
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anais Nin
Turning Point: Important moment of change; a time or incident that marks the beginning of a completely new, and usually better, stage in somebody’s life or in the development of something.
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I’ve just returned from New York where I had the pleasure of attending the 2010 American Watercolor Society awards ceremony and dinner. This year’s exhibition, as always, is a beautiful display of some of today’s best watermedia paintings from around the world. Having seen the catalog of the 28 award winning paintings chosen from the 101 exhibited paintings before I arrived at [...]
“If you’re going to create something, the first step isn’t to start creating something, it’s to create the process.” Chris Wink
There is an interesting story in the March 2009 issue of American Art Collector magazine that describes how artist Daniel Greene develops ideas for his large, complex masterpieces. His recent paintings are based on his childhood memories of carnivals. What [...]
I am a watermedia painter and I teach painting workshops all around the country. As anyone who knows me or has taken one of my workshops can attest to, I love talking about art, thinking about art, reading about art, learning about art, looking at art, and practicing art - so, grab a cup of coffee and join me in the studio to see what else is percolating!
