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  • Rough day in a rough week

    On the heels of yesterday’s bad news about my kids school closing, we found out today that my mother-in-law’s cancer is back. There is a lot of uncertainty right now, so I decided that I would try and capture some… Continue reading

  • Watercolor pears again today

    Today I have a bit of a headache and am feeling sad, so I chose to paint my go-to subject of pears. I think it’s good to have a subject you can do a hundred times without having to think… Continue reading

  • Abstract Cityscape

    Today I felt like playing with strong vertical lines. I free hand my lines so they at not perfect, and I am too impatient to measure anything out so my reflections are just eyeballed. Once again, I was attempting to… Continue reading

  • Pot of Pansies

    Today I finished up and submitted my screenplay to the NYCMidnight contest. Then I attended the Opening reception for the Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition at the Scarab Club. It was originally scheduled for yesterday, but delayed due to the snow… Continue reading

  • Elisabeth and Marta

    Today I missed my morning zoom due to a combination of inclement weather making my dive much longer to drop my daughter off at school and the fact that I needed the extra time to work on my screenplay for… Continue reading

  • Loosening up a revisited painting

    Today I needed to replace my toothbrush and rather than toss the used one I decided to use it to revisit one of my fan favorite paintings, my Lily Pads from the Detroit Zoo. I saw a reel a while… Continue reading

  • Wednesday Clay Day – Giraffe

    Another fun day in the pottery studio. I picked up some completed pieces, and I’ve shares some of today’s favorites. These are two of my favorite glazes lately. I should try layering them on the same piece and see how… Continue reading

  • Farscape inspired abstract for the 25th Anniversary

    Twenty five years ago today, I tuned in to the Premiere episode of Farscape. I was hooked from that very first episode. It has been fun introducing this amazing show to friends and family. My youngest son is the next… Continue reading

  • Playing with my art

    Today I am feeling a bit under the weather, so rather than pull out my paints I decided to play around in photoshop with some of my recent watercolors. Often I use photoshop to create my composite photographs, but today… Continue reading

  • Farscape season Three highlights

    In the countdown for the Farscape 25th anniversary, fans on Tumblr have a daily themed tag to celebrate and today’s theme was favorite season. I decided to try to paint scenes from season three. It was quite a challenge and,… Continue reading