I was so excited to be able to create this mural for our local elementary school! Here’s a post with lots of images and details about the process. Student Collaboration Collaborating with the students was the first step in the process. I wanted to learn what they liked best about the library and see the...Continue Reading
It’s been awhile since I’ve painted, but I’ve finally started making more time for it. I just finished this first one a couple of days ago. Contour Flower Garden After doing a few pencil sketches, I couldn’t quite nail down what I was envisioning. Then while waiting in the play area at my kid’s optometrist,...Continue Reading
My paintings are in the Daily Cafe through March if any of you in the Portland area want to swing by! Bring the kids too, they still have my coloring sheets at the cafe. I’ll post them again below if anyone’s in the mood for coloring now. (More info on the paintings at my art...Continue Reading
I’ve been painting this week for an art show I have next month. Here’s one I just finished this morning. Stripes were inspired by my Paul Smith socks. Update: Some people have asked about prints for this painting, so I’ve just added it to the Zazzle store. You can buy prints in different sizes, with...Continue Reading
Today I made a memory game using images from some of my paintings. My kids were watching over my shoulder as I was working with the images on my computer, and they kept saying, “there’s a match!” every few seconds. Once it was all printed and cut out, they had a great time playing it,...Continue Reading
And the winner according to random.org is comment number 398! So it looks like the dolls will be going to Denmark. Congratulations! This was really fun! I also made another quick coloring sheet from one of my paintings so everyone can get a little something. Hope you are all enjoying the Holidays! Coloring sheet is...Continue Reading
And the winner according to random.org is comment number 34! So it looks like the puzzle will be going to France. Congratulations! This was so much fun and such a success, I’ll definitely do another one before the winter holidays. Thanks for playing everybody! I also decided I better make a couple of new coloring...Continue Reading
This puzzle is over a year old, but we just got it out again. My son has been a big puzzle fan since age two. This was a wooden one that I had, but the design on it was all green leaves, which made it very difficult to solve, even for me. So I painted...Continue Reading
Some friends of mine have a great pop rock band and they asked me to do the cover for their debut album. I ended up doing a 36X36 inch painting on canvas. They did a great job of incorporating the painting into the design of the cd packaging too. Very fun! If you’re curious and...Continue Reading
My brother-in-law showed me some photographs of Picasso doing light drawings, and I had to give it a whirl myself. I had so much fun, I kept going until my camera battery ran out. All you do is put your camera on a tripod in a dark or dimly lit room and take a long...Continue Reading
I just had an opening reception for my art show at the Daily Cafe in Portland. It was a great dinner party. In addition to the art, I designed coloring sheets for kids. If you want to try them out, download below. Coloring Sheets: Click on the images below, then print.Continue Reading
I just finished an interesting art commission: painting a blank set of nesting dolls. It was quite different than anything I’ve done before, but surprisingly enjoyable. Another big bonus is that the recipient of the gift is an amazing photographer, and she put together this really great video. Thanks Lisa! This last...Continue Reading
Now that I’m on an embroidery roll, I decided to make some owl shirts. I think it might be part therapy too, since all three of my owl paintings sold at my last art show. (You can see a video below of me painting them, if you’d like.)Continue Reading
