You must be wondering, how is it I make my watercolor paintings muddy? Or why it happens to your paintings? I love color. And I work very hard to keep my paintings vibrant and colorful. But sometimes muddy paintings happen. … Continued
A Side Trip When I visited Austin in mid-November, I took a side trip to the Blanton Museum of Art. I had a few extra hours to spend, and I thought, what better way to spend them than to visit … Continued
My Austin Art Trip This year for my birthday I visited my son Scott in Austin. While there I got to explore some of the art around town. I arrived early on Friday, so I took in the Blanton Museum … Continued
It’s All in Your Head. It’s All in Your Head. But it starts in your heart, out of a desire. Or at least, that is where it should start if you want to maintain the creative movement to keep your … Continued
The Frescoes of St. Thomas illustrates philosopher Thomas Aquinas’s seven virtues of faith, hope, charity, justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude. ~ Philanthropy Magazine Encountering the Art My art History professor ended the class with, “you now know more about fresco … Continued
Do You Have Blank Walls? I understand, artists frequently face a blank white canvas or like me, a blank sheet of expensive watercolor paper. The same is true of you when you are dealing with blank walls in your home. … Continued
Defining Abstraction What is Abstract Art to You? For some people abstract art is nonsense, others self-expression, exploration, or symbolic expression. There are as many answers to the question as there are people who care to answer it. Some people … Continued
Can creativity contribute to aging well? According to a program I recently tuned into on Zoom called Curated Conversations, it can. Curated Conversations is produced by the University of Texas at Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art. They aired a three-panel … Continued
When the Lord put something in you it’s hard to ignore because it will keep surfacing again and again. For me that something is being an artist. A Change In my early 20s I quit my nursing job, one I … Continued
As an emerging artist, someone who is in the process of making art their business, I receive inquiries about about the size mat needed for a frame. Since I mat and frame a lot of my art, I wanted to … Continued