Saturday night I stayed in and I stayed up painting. Inspiration to create had struck. I played with brushes and blending instead of my go to of late, the palatte knife craziness. And I have to say, I’m really pleased … Continue reading →

Over the last few years, I’ve gathered a collection of glassybabies. What is a glassybaby? It is a candleholder/vase/cup/whatever you want to use it for. They are made by a local company and you see them all over Seattle in … Continue reading →

Loving my painting class. Learning new techniques. Being forced to finish things. Wrapped up this landscape last night. Lots of fun textural detail. When picking the subject for my landscape, I was drawn to barns. Perhaps a yearning for home. … Continue reading →

I’m back to painting. In fact, I’m even taking another painting class right now. More palate knife painting! So, I’ve got some new stuff to show off. This first one, my golden crowned crane, I actually finished before I started … Continue reading →

I haven’t been posting recently because I was down for the count with a wicked cold for the entirety of last week. Maybe it is the fact that I couldn’t really taste food, maybe it was my lack of energy, … Continue reading →

When I was working at the Seattle Rep a few years ago, one of my self taught projects was to learn how to screen print. I learned the basic process and ended up making t shirts for my prop team … Continue reading →

Last weekend a friend of mine asked me to come over to help her get ready for a SteamPunk ball. What is SteamPunk did you say? Well, this is what wiki tells me. Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, … Continue reading →

I finished a new painting this week. It is the largest that I’ve done. When I first sat in front of this canvas, I had a very different plan for it. But, I happened to have this bright light behind … Continue reading →

At my office last year, someone sent me a link to this really cool gallery. The gallery was of artwork that had been reworked into something awesome. The original pieces were flea market finds and the artists were asked to … Continue reading →

Shocking to say, but last night for Craft night, I actually got some crafting done! Generally craft night with the ladies is all about the margaritas (as you can tell by my numerous posts about margaritas), but last night in … Continue reading →