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Category Archives: art
An artist’s thoughts on Wales (based on a breakneck-speed tour of the countryside)
If you’ve never ventured into Wales from England, Scotland or Ireland, do so, immediately! If you are a fan of natural beauty and our earth’s glory, the gorgeous and rugged terrain is something you won’t want to miss. My better … Continue reading
Posted in art, family, U.K.
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Summer Delight
End of summer fine art original mixed media painting Continue reading
Posted in acrylics, art, Fine art for sale, Uncategorized
Tagged art, dogs, gaia, Inspiration, nature, summer
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Music in art creation – my process
As you might know, I make visual art as well as write. Recently, I’ve noticed an interesting thing. I work by two different mental processes when creating, depending on whether it be by words or pictures. Here’s the scoop: The … Continue reading
Me: Part 2
After a couple of years in the country, we relocated back to Nashville where I went through two years of high school before another move to Murfreesboro, an hour south of Nashville. During my high school, I got involved in … Continue reading
An artist’s birth in darkness. (Book Review of David Sandum’s I’ll Run.. Memoir)
Four years ago, Sweden-born painter David Sandum came onto my radar promoting his “Twitter Art Exhibit” (TAE) It was his philanthropic idea to put out a call to artists on Twitter for small postcard-sized works he could sell to raise funds … Continue reading
Posted in art, Art Therapy, biography, Book Reviews, Creativity, Therapy, Van Gogh
Tagged Twitter Art Exhibit
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The upside to downpours
In case you haven’t heard, the Tampa Bay area has been overwhelmed by water the past week and a half. We were fortunate and avoided the early onslaught as we escaped to Maine for a beautiful wedding and a fantastic … Continue reading
One good turn…
The 2015 Twitter Art Exhibit was held in Orlando and opened on a Thursday night during the First Thursdays Art Event in downtown Orlando and I made the trek solo from work in Lakeland. No big deal since it is … Continue reading
Plant City is abuzz!
It’s all about the Plant City Strawberry Festival these days! The festival starts next week, but art submissions are due in today. So… naturally, I submitted. I am bummed because I was in such a rush I was unable to … Continue reading
Posted in art, florida
Tagged Mixed Media Painting, Portrait, Sisters at the beach, Strawberry Festival, Strawberry plants
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The Nashville Skyline Painting
So, I started this painting for my very first show in Nashville. It was spring, 2010 and it was to be one of about 25 original paintings for my month-long show at the fine Nashville restaurant The Mad Platter, located in … Continue reading
Posted in art
Tagged Art Show, citiscape, Music City, Nashville, Nashville Flood, The Mad Platter
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