Playing with art by making studies and using many materials and various styles to paint the same thing, is one way artists develop skill.

Now that the summer heat is fading, I'm busy with art exhibitions and some outdoor events. This fall my watercolor paintings will show in...

For the past few months, I've been involved with our local art association. This is a new adventure for me!

I'm a notably bad cook, baker, and dinner-maker. And my sense of taste when it comes to food is not particularly fine. On most days, I...

How meeting other artists in real life improves my art.

Yes, real artists do quit. But they also restart. My last blog post was about exploring new avenues of creating. I wanted to know what...

It’s difficult to know when it is time to quit doing something. Whether it’s a job, a bad habit, or something as meaningful as art,...

It's always exciting when I receive an invitation to show my paintings in a gallery. This year is starting with two fun invitations to...

Art history connects us to a thread of other artists who bothered with beauty when it did not appear relevant or easy.

I was recently asked about how long watercolor paintings last. It's a great question that came from a collector interested in buying...

My year started curiously. I awoke on January 1st to the sound of a barking and howling dog. Looking out the windows of our vacation...

I like order and systems. It’s not what first comes to mind when people think about art. The popular idea about creating art is that it...

Fixing the gray background on a botanical painting photograph.

New exhibitions for the late-summer season!

Hand is the trace left by the artist that lets you know it was crafted by a human.

Have you ever really thought about the stories of the people you encounter in life? I find myself constantly curious about people. As...

The straight-forward, no-nonsense appearance of white backgrounds is really appealing to me now. No, I'm not just being lazy! Keeping the...

It's almost summer, and my art is traveling to many new exhibitions! You are invited to come see it in galleries around Texas. I'm still...

From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty’s rose might never die, But as the riper should by time decease, His...

It's officially a series! I'm finishing the third painting in a series of traditional botanical paintings based on Shakespeare's Romeo...