
The Art of Pricing Art
"How long did that take you to make?" is a question artists often hear. The answer is a lifetime. What we put on surfaces are products of...

Racer in the Gate...finding the flow...
Visual--20 year old me at the top of a race course: Perched with my ski boots pressed against the starting gates, poles stretched in...

FAQ iPad art--the "kit"
1) Do you use a stylus? I most often use an Apple Pencil, and/or my fingers. Make sure to check if you iPad can be used with an Apple...

The tourist crowds have arrived in London...the tube is a real Melting Pot in more ways than one.
The theme of my musings here is all about space and time. Driving and walking the streets of London there seems to be a lot less space....

Seeking the brightest white, one needs the darkest black...
It's that time of year when we look back on where we've been often as a measure of where we might like to go. To paint a picture I often...

Celebrating the Ephemeral
We look to the future with trepidation and uncertainty, and we try so hard to "capture" those fleeting moments of beauty, joy, & personal...

My favorite birthday thought...
You wake up on your birthday and you have options...you can think that you're as old as you've ever been (as in really really old), or...

The need to look beneath the surface--I drive a Prius...
I first got my Prius in 2007. Yup, a rather old, blue, practical Prius with a faint eau de dog, oil paints, and human sports gear...

My New Love Affair with Norfolk…
My family went to the Norfolk Coast in 1999 to celebrate American Thanksgiving. I’m not sure why or how we ever chose this in...

A few favorite online art courses and resources...
September has traditionally been a month for gathering, as in hunting and gathering. We harvest our food, gather up school and...