Life comes at us, sometimes at warp speed and sometimes slowly quietly creeping in. During the in-between spaces, I am instinctively pulled towards my studio to find solace and serenity. Just standing in the inspiring g space calms and settles my spirit. I will paint...

January 2026 Winter, January in particular, is a gathering time...a time of transition of moving through an ending and a beginning. Nature uses this quiet time to be still and yet gather energy for the burgeoning of new growth in Spring. . Artists use this time to...

“Art enables us to find ourselves and loose ourselves at the same time.” Thomas Merton My cottage industry of designing and making products to sell started in the 1980’s and everything was done on a square folding card table. It worked well enough, as that was the...

“Art is not a thing, it is a way.” Elbert Hubbard Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines the word create as: to bring into existence; to produce through imaginative skill, to invest with a new form. Unbeknownst to me growing up, I was surrounded by a total creative,...

I follow Mike Brennan from the Daly Creative Habit which he offers sign posts along the way on the creative path. The following are his thoughts about finding creative time. "Creative time rarely shows up gift-wrapped. You're juggling work, family, errands, laundry,...

What if? Through the alchemy of those two words, something new comes into the world." David Morre What if indeed. Those two words can conure up a world of possibilities and wonder. I invite you to ask yourself the question of what if? What if you decided to learn...