1994-2007 This past June Raven, my beloved studio assistant was diagnosed with cancer. Early this morning she passed away quietly under the...

I finally completed all those miserable little leaves to a somewhat satisfactory conclusion. Not wanting them to be a feature per se I didn...

This is the next installment in my Catitude series. This big fella is taking me longer than I anticipated. I paint a little, look at it, pai...

I had a LOT of fun painting this one. I found a photo reference of a cat in full 'yawn'. Also in this photo was a flower stem with i...

~ALL SOLD ABOVE~ I received a call from the gallery yesterday. Vivi, one of the owners and a great advisor told me four more pieces sold and...

I did finally decide to add a bit of ink to this one. I cleaned up the edges, defined a leaf edge where my color values were too close and a...

Jack-in-the-Pulpit preaches today under the green trees just over the way. ~Clara Smith I lost the light before finishing this today. Hope...

Having tried at least seven trial compositions with this subject (mainly where to place the stem and leaves) I realized I was stuck. Thankfu...

Sorry to be MIA...again. I've been gardening. 'Tis the season and around here it's short so I've gotta make the most of my t...

I'm planning to paint Jack in the Pulpit next using my spray technique. The actual flowers are pretty simple but as usual the background...

Marty Scott, one of the owners of Northern Michigan Artists Market sent me a lovely email today. I've decided to share it on my blog: Bi...

I've had a reference photo for this cat a long time and finally decided to give it a try with watercolor. It seems lately cats have been...

Hemingway's Cat~SOLD I contacted the gallery today and two of my pieces sold. YES! The Buckeye Butterfly and a print of Hemingway's...

The annual Petoskey Gallery Walk will be held June 21st, not the 23rd which I had previously thought. Eleven galleries will be participating...

I finally had enough time to bring this one home, so to speak. There's a few spots I may wind up tweaking a little but for the most part...

Center Completed My Working Drawing I finally started this one...my peacock orchid. I'm posting an update on my progress so far. I thi...

Daffodil Buckeye Butterfly~~SOLD I know I've been MIA for quite awhile but things have been...well...things. Recently some of my artwo...

Quick color study with colored pencils. Here are my two studies. I chose to try one w...

The right mat and frame can and should enhance a piece of artwork. On the flipside the wrong mat and frame can ruin that same piece of art. ...

This one tested my patience more than any other painting I've ever done...in any style. If my paper had been larger I would've chose...