Art Tips
Fun with holiday mini canvases!
Instead of tags for holiday presents I decided that it might be fun to attach mini-canvases to packages for family and friends. I order 3X3 primed archival canvases, added a coating of gesso and for a few of the canvases painted a background color such as light blue. Choosing images from my own photos or …
From Travel Sketch to Painting
I was looking through some travel sketches that I drew while on a trip to China in 2019 (pre COVID) and was inspired to do a pastel painting from a sketch done very quickly while traveling by boat up the Yangtze River. I always carry a small 3X5 Stillman & Birn, Delta Series, watercolor sketch …
What is the beach to you?
During a recent week long get away to the beach, I sat watching the waves and it took me back to my childhood. I grew up near a beach in Southern California where my dad and mom taught us all how to surf, survive an undertow, and roast hotdogs and marshmallows stuck to an unwound …
From Artist to Psychologist to Artist, an Integration?
Almost 30 years ago, when I was newly divorced and had three children under the age of ten, I made a decision to pursue a full-time vocation in Counseling Psychology thus making art and music my avocations, or part-time endeavors. As my children grew older and left home, I was so entrenched in my career …
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My Painting Process
Every time I go into my studio, I enter a “zone,” filled with excitement, exploration of new ideas, feelings, and intuitiveness. I decide what subject, paints, textures and colors I’m going to use. I ask Alexa to turn on my music choice for the day and then I start painting. I have a general idea …