A New Studio Pic

For those who have asked to see more of my studio, here is another view. My webmaster sent a note asking for more current photos. The next day I was reading our HOA Newsletter and a neighbor was looking for someone to take a headshot for his new business card. Another neighbor, a talented photographer replied so […] […]

July 2010 Newsletter

Artistic Voyage: News from Mickey Life’s Mysteries and Succumbing to Change Throughout my life I have always welcomed the mystery of change. You know, making new friends, visiting new places, taking a different route to a familiar destination or contemplating a move. Since my husband passed of cancer three years ago I have worked very hard to […] […]

Have You Found Your Passion? continued…

This is a continuation of “My Story“. How I discovered my passion and the things and people that influenced my artistic voyage. In grade school the one thing I remember my first grade art teacher saying to me which I have never forgotten was that I was “not good with color”. Even as a small child criticism […] […]

Have You Found Your Passion? continued….

Enjoying the breathtaking beauty of nature has been a special part of my life as long as I can remember. Being a tom-boy I loved climbing trees as a child, to ‘see what I could see’. . . the way the sky changes color from the horizon on up and the formation of clouds. The […] […]

Have You Found Your Passion?

To understand and appreciate the art of an artist, it is important to know about them as a human being. Many things, if not everything, in our life have a residual effect on our behavior, wishes and desires as an adult. Few of us have had the perfect childhood and even fewer have gotten to […] […]

Extensive Portfolio

Upon entering the large commercial design firm the receptionist greeted me, asked if I was Mickey and proceeded to tell me that they had twenty-six designers on staff. Each designer was required to be present every Monday when factory reps gave presentations of new their products. My presentation was to be fit in on a Monday. […] […]

Composition and Design

Florals, by far, were my favorite subject matter. Painting on smaller objects like vases, plates, etc., I had been lucky in that I could look at photos in magazines of floral arrangements and paint something similar. Painting on walls with the design being very linear would be more challenging for me. Going to college for art classes was not in my […] […]