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
You are browsing the archive for January 2010.
I’ve noticed a growing trend where instead of making New Year’s resolutions, people are choosing a theme to focus on for the whole year. I like that, because having a theme forces you to boil all of your goals and objectives down to one concise, big, simple, juicy idea. Having a central theme for the year is a great reminder that will [...]
View From my Studio Window
Courage is thinking big, aiming high, and shooting far. It’s taking a dream and doing anything, risking everything, and stopping at nothing to make it a reality. Caroline Kent
Winter has never been my favorite season. I was born and raised in Chicago and currently reside in Michigan so you would think that I was ok with [...]
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 [...]
After my over-busy months of October, November, and December, January certainly is a sharp contrast with its quiet, dark, and contemplative mood. I’m trying to go with the flow and the mood of the season; to slow down and consider my favorite “re” words: renew, revitalize, renovate, re-invent, re-vision, reflect, rejuvenate, refresh, restore, recover, and re-focus.
In his book Getting Unstuck, Timothy Butler [...]
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!
