Wow, I'm really slow out of the gate this year. Meet Happy, a fella I met online. He looks kinda like I feel right now. Winter weat...

To all my visitors I wish you good health, far more joy than sorrow and an abundance of creativity in the coming new year.

I want to wish all my visitors a very Merry Christmas and thank you all for supporting me and my art. Every visit and comment is encour...

I finally got Santa completed. Actually two were completed, exactly alike. I've posted what I think is the best of the two. What I t...

Quick update. Every December I struggle to come up with something unique in way of a birthday card for Betsy, my best friend since 4th...

The second installment in my new series based on women's coats and accessories. Sorry for the lag in updates. After my last post I ...

It's so cold and wet outside these days. Today is particularly cloudy and dark on top of everything else and we still have winter t...

Fall and foul weather has finally arrived in Michigan. My good mood has gone south with the geese so I've been experimenting instea...

Sorry to be MIA. Life gets in the way sometimes. I did just complete a birthday card for my youngest. My baby is turning 40 this coming...

I took the ladies to a more serious side of things. I'm calling this 'Billie Does Burridge' because I was hugely(is...

These ladies are a constant source of inspiration for me. I'm referring to Jean and Valerie, women of a certain age that call thems...

I'm trying out a new comp with my ladies. I like this one but it needs to be amped up I think. It needed a border so I painted a r...

I started a fairly large painting last week and it's fought me every inch of the way since. I finally walked away to take a breathe...

When I first saw my photo reference online the word 'Fabulous' popped into my head so that will be my working title until f...

Inspired by yet another photo from franklin's PMP gallery the concept seemed fairly obvious. Young guy lighting a cigarette, an int...

Completed. I've had the reference photo (Kenya M / PMP) for quite some time. Not sure why it took me so long to tackle it. When I f...

My drawing/study This is a preparatory necessity when beginning any painting, IMO. I like to find my lightest lights and darkest darks ...

Inspired by yet another photo from franklin on PMP here is the clarinet man. The reference photo attracted me for a few reasons. I wa...

I've been fiddling away at this one for the better part of a week. I could not bring myself to 'cartoon' her up so I ...