Five of us met at the Denver Botanic Gardens with the intention of sketching the Jungle Rooms. We all pretty much got hung up on the Orchids.

You are looking at the finished painting of Bridget, the Beloved patron saint of Ireland and Kildare, in my studio. I had details of her in my last blog post and she is now finished.

Bridget, the Beloved Saint of Ireland and Irish people everywhere, is the subject of my latest painting.

Capital Tea Sketching was the plan for my Denver Urban Sketching  group through Meetups on Sunday.

I have just joined the Sogetsu Ikebana training in Ikebana under the tutelage of Midori Alleymeyer. Most of my art is seriously my own, taking a lifetime and as many hours a week as i can squirrel away; but here is something beautiful I can do with absolutely no consequences, pressure, or expectations! I am […]

St. Bridget is a hallowed and much beloved household figure in Ireland and Celtic lore. As my sketch indicates, I will paint her as one of my series of three tall Women. My version of Bridget is a bit unusual as it flows from my own genre. Here Bridget is wearing overalls instead of the […]

Women have been the primary subject of my paintings for the past several years. This painting, I’m happy to share, has also just sold from my recent art show. 

A number of budding Collectors of Art are in my life. My art show brought this to my attention, and the Collector of Art, I realized, is a rare bird. Naturally I had to go to

  I’m thinking about all my followers, like you, and have been missing writing for awhile, but not for lack of work being accomplished! The show “Imagery of Healing in Art” was so amazing and wonderful in every way imaginable. We gave 3 performances, myself with Wayne Gilbert and Stacey Fahrion, over the opening weekend of […]

“Dream Imagery as Healing” on Saturday at 3 p.m., hosted by myself. Dream Imagery is part of a 2nd performance in our “Imagery of Healing” series at the ACAD show space. Wayne will be talking about his healing work with prison inmates, teaching them how to write and involve their poetic creations in their own […]