On February 18, I started #The100DayProject, along with millions of other artists around the world. I planned to draw and post a portrait of someone whose birthday was…

To celebrate spring, I’m highlighting a project from a few years ago. I took a deep dive into super-detailed watercolor painting and created a series of botanical illustrations…

Many years ago I designed the logo for the Smoky Hill Museum. The typography was created by hand, then scanned, and each letter meticulously drawn, positioned, and outlined in an early…

Recently I attended a book discussion about Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens by Richard Haass. Even though I haven’t read the book yet, I was looking forward to.…

I was invited to participate in Ways of the Cross, a Lenten reflection on the Stations of the Cross at Salina’s Christ Cathedral. My contribution is a mixed media painting inspired by the 9th …

Late in 2023, I was invited to participate in the Collective Retrospective project. The brainchild of Cindy Zimmerman, artists submitted two works of art representing how they and…

Almost all my creative endeavors to this point have been realistic, representational, controlled (see below). If a finished drawing or painting looked just like the subject, I had an objective standard…

June 2023 — Every spring I tell myself I’m going to work on the landscaping at my house. Because I don’t really know what I’m doing, it's easy to procrastinate. Year after year I continue.…

Monoprints or monotype -- does it matter? I’m in the home stretch of preparation for my show, Landscapes in the Abstract. Most of the prints are finished, and now I’m photographing, matting…

I’ve kept an eye on those budding yuccas I mentioned last week as they start to bloom. Next week at this time they’ll probably be long past their prime. I used the yuccas for inspiration for…

I’ve posted about my yuccas before. Every year about this time I look forward to seeing them. This year promises to be spectacular — so many buds! A few years ago, the yuccas were the inspiration for.…

I’m working on the Landscapes in the Abstract show, scheduled to open in June at Theatre Salina. Here’s a short video showing the process. Each piece starts as a monoprint, created by applying…

Spring is in the air — let’s celebrate! In my Etsy shop this month, all subscribers (that’s YOU!) receive 20% off items featuring my botanical watercolors. Just use this link to order (discount is calculated at checkout). You’ll find greeting cards, wall art…

A local farmer’s market merchant needed a logo for her seed and nut mixture called Susie’s Sprinkles. Sue brought a lot of ideas to the table when we met. We brainstormed for a while, looking…

A complaint I often hear about graphite is that you can’t get really dark darks without also getting shine. So I was eager to try the new Faber Castell matt graphite pencils…

I can’t resist posting this drawing of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome from my sketchbook, because tomorrow is one of the last classes for my Smithsonian World Art History certificate and the subject is…

My collages often tell a story, but I don’t know what the story is until the piece is well underway. In this case, I started with a vintage dictionary page as a background, then began rummaging.…

I wish I had kept the red roto-tray that I had years ago. Apparently, they’re now a collector’s item, shown here at the Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies…

Every Monday I get an email newsletter from painter Bob Burridge, which includes a link to one of his YouTube videos that he calls BobBlasts. They’re usually demonstrations of his technique…

The downside of a typical day for me is that it’s mostly spent staring at a computer screen. I do carry a sketchbook with me and frequently jot down details of my surroundings. But I love…