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
“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.
A [...]
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk. Anthony Robbins
Last week, as I was making plans for 2010, I thought a lot about the idea I mentioned in my last post – “be still and listen.” I decided that rather [...]
I love this, as it relates to my last post:
The implicit memory in the human brain, intuition, is the result of millions of unconscious experiences that are carefully wired into your feeling brain to provide you with a wealth of information. But to access intuition, we must feel. Laurel Mellin
Happy Painting!
“All your paintings are autobiographical.” Frank Webb
When I finished the first version of this painting (Bon Jour Y’all), I was happy with it in terms of what I had done with color and with creating an interesting picture surface. But I felt that something was missing. I felt that I had not quite nailed it. Trouble [...]
I painted interiors for a number of years and began thinking of them as my “signature subject”. However, about 10 years ago I began to experience serious growing pains that had to do with my watercolor painting techniques. I wanted to explore new subject matter but I couldn’t seem to make anything work or satisfy me any longer with transparent watercolor. I also found [...]
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!
