A Time for Nesting

This past year I took a break from writing and painting. Since opening my first studio in 1973, ten months is the longest I have gone without a paintbrush in hand. My time was spent capturing moments in nature, visiting museums and botanical gardens, adding finishing touches to the cottage, gardening, and collecting healthy recipes. […] […]

Gardens, Butterflies, and Paintings

Even more so than the warming temperatures the joy of Spring, for this artist, is the newness everywhere you look. Everything is fresh and vibrant. Each day there is amazing growth of trees and plants to behold. Creating a painting is not unlike a butterfly struggling to shed its cocoon, growing flowers, or growing our […] […]

A Special Garden

In the Studio In July of 2015, I had the pleasure of painting for one of my favorite interior designers, Gina Lane-Olsson, in Colorado Springs. The owners of the home were delightful and I would be painting a mural full of flowers. To top it off, Little Bella was invited to join me! It just doesn’t […] […]

A Fresh Look from A New Place

Greetings from luscious, flowering, humid Georgia. Bella and I made the trek from Colorado to Georgia and what an adventure it has been. There are many things to love about Georgia (besides my younger son and grandsons). There is an impressive display of flowers and flowering trees nearly year round. The architecture is like something […] […]

A Thankful Thanksgiving

The season of non-stop shopping is upon us. With Thanksgiving being in the last week in November our holidays are going to fly by. If you aren’t in overwhelm yet, get ready. That is unless you are better at planning ahead than I am. Every year I vow to have my shopping done before Thanksgiving […] […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Wherever you go and whatever you do, May the luck of the Irish be there with you. […]

Summer Poem

Happy Summer Solstice Go, Enjoy. That beautiful season the Summer! Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow […]

A Mother’s Day Thought

We never know the love of a parent Until we become parents ourselves. And . . . If you think you can’t Love anyone more than your children, Wait until you look into the eyes of your grandchildren And really fall in Love. . . We lost Mom in 1994, she was 62 years young. My guess is this photo was […] […]

Beyond Bunnies

If you listen to NPR you may have heard Anne Lamott’s interview. She is one of my favorite authors. She has a gentle way of putting things in perspective. If you haven’t heard or read her interview, treat yourself . . . Have a Blessed Easter! […]

It’s Coming, It’s Coming!

Thought this was one of the most beautiful videos on pollination I’ve seen. It starts out beautiful and just keeps getting better. Enjoy. . . Doesn’t this watercolor epitomize Spring, I am so looking forward to the smell of lilacs and watching the bees flit about from one tiny bloom to the next. Below is a […] […]