In Tallahassee, I have had a great opportunity. I am able to practice portraiture using a live model every Monday. This week our model was Tim. At first glance, I figured this would be easy, he had an average sort of face, so I settled in and started sketching. I always sketch the face on…

Thanks to the incredible reach of Facebook, I now have friends everywhere. They are from Europe, north and south America. Ok, I guess that’s not EVERYWHERE. This particular friend, who lives in the French Riviera on Rue Gioffredo shot this scene from his window. Thanks to Facebook I got to see this lovely scene and…

Aggie was born in an alley somewhere, and was lucky enough to be trapped by some caring soul. She ended up at my house as a frightened little kitten, and after she became social enough to be a companion, my husband decided we should adopt her. She has since become a traveler, she flew from…

Searching for something to paint today, I came upon a book of J. M. W. Turner paintings. I used one of his studies for the composition for this painting, but turned it into my own. This painting depicts the reverence and awe of nature that I find so important in a good friend of mine.…

One of the most challenging commissions I can get is of a person who can’t pose for me because they are deceased. This particular subject was of a teenaged girl, a tricky combination of a little girl and a young woman, so I found it particularly hard to actually see how old she was in…