It took the scenic view of a beach in Hawaii thirty years ago to provoke me to action in my artwork. It wasn’t the beauty of the sand and water. No, I was sitting on a hill in the shade to protect my fair skin, a drawing pad on my knees sketching people. I noticed a woman enter the scene like walking skin and bones. She carefully set up her space with her beach towel. I could not avert my eyes as I drew quickly like she was my own model in a class. I was fascinated!

I like to paint notecards as a warm-up exercise: a way to test various color combinations, designs and motifs. If they turn out nice, I send them to family and friends. These "Polka Dot Fish" are a new experiment, 1 of 4 designs. I'm offering these card "studies" for $4 each (free postage).

I am presently offering the rest of the Money Bags collection for sale in my Shop.

I painted the original "Stormy Weather" in 1994, after pressing for answers about my uncle’s suicide. He took his life when my mother was a young woman. He was her older brother who taught her to play the guitar; he taught her the song Stormy Weather, which was popular at the time.

There's a new item in my shop today! A soft cover Alphabet Book with 32 pages of interesting images ...

Recently it occurred to me that I do have something worth sharing and the creation of my first zine came together quite easily.

But because of Covid, I wonder how many people hold on to little pieces of memory this way. Hanging on by a thread…

These little watercolor paintings are my studies for the greeting card I’m sending to family and friends as a blessing for the new year.

I was struck by how it appeared as an opposing slant forming an X across the sky.