

Monthly Musings
Reflections can provide surprises and a challenge. The surprise often comes after downloading an image and starting to edit and...


Monthly Musings
I enjoy coming upon a wonderful still life already set up and ready to be photographed and then painted. I found this scene in an...


Monthly Musings
I love having a studio right next to the railroad tracks! You never know what will be coming down the tracks and stopping by your door. ...


Monthly Musings
I have revisited this wonderful fence made of various recycled mechanical pieces over the last 5 years and have enjoyed seeing the...


Monthly Musings
Studying and viewing other artists, old and new, increases your vocabulary for your own art. This is sometimes conscious as you create...


Monthly Musings
One of the results of coming in for a close up view is abstraction of the subject. In this painting the wonderful dimension and texture...


Monthly Musings
On the day I found this car the bright blue wall in the background was perfectly matched by the bright blue sky reflected in the front...


Monthly Musings
The vibrant colors of these fishing floats were enough to attract my attention, but in addition was the challenge of representing the...