Dead River Roses

Here are some summer roses, fresh off the easel!  I don’t know about all of you, but I needed a reminder that the earth can do something besides hard, cold and grey. Although this river is called the “Dead River”, it is anything but.  It arises in the heart of a sedge meadow that I

Swimming Upstream

“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?”  -Danielle LaPorte, The Fire Starter Sessions.  

Spring Bluff Marsh

I don’t have much to say today except I wanted to share this painting with you… I just finished it!  When I began the painting I had been reading about Pyle and the Wyeths, and was inspired by the drama they infused into their paintings. While it is summer in my studio it is snowy

WHY?

I Came across a new magazine I thought looked interesting: “Where Women Create Business”. In one of the articles the reader is encouraged to know the ‘why’ of what they are doing.  “Why?” I thought to myself.  Well, because…. um… The thing is, creating for me is like a volcano.  Images just bubble up, more