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Part 1; The Power of Just Us (work-in-progress, getting started for the second time). Nov. 26, 2023.
I've been revisiting an old piece that I was working on for a friend, a commission that is frankly very overdue. There are many things...


Lady Beetle & The Bus. Oct. 25, 2023.
There I was, waiting at a bus stop, watching this cute little Asian Lady Beetle stumble around. It's not a proper lady bug, notice it's...


Full Watercolor Journal. Sept. 30th, 2023.
There is a particular type of format that I like to paint, and it consists of a somewhat panoramic view, long/tall spaces. Speedball...


Middleton Library Show! Bringing 'Food' To Life, part 3. September 2023.
Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here. Feel free to keep reading if you want to. It's been about two months since the Middleton Library show...


Middleton Library Show! Bringing 'Food' To Life, part 2. July 12 2023.
Part 1 is here, but you can keep reading if you want to! It should be noticed easily by most folks that I am not a very strong writer,...


Middleton Library Show! Bringing 'Food' To Life, part 1. June 2023.
This post is being made after a weeks-long process to legitimize what is known as the "Playing With My Food" series. In January I was...


Screaming Blooms. April 15, 2023.
"Do something you wouldn't normally do." That's what hubby's therapist told him to do today. And that's exactly what we did. Left the...


Neon Winter Reflection. March 26th, 2023.
At the very end of December, I was waiting for hubby to get off work. I had taken the bus and decided to do some wandering around the...


Melding the Adams' Family. March 18, 2023.
For years now, I've had a roommate or several, and it's been fucking awesome even if out of necessity. Perhaps it's the curse and joy of...


January Strada Challenge. Jan 31st, 2023
Ahh, a new year. For the second time, I chose to do another daily month- long challenge to draw and/or paint from life, put on by Strada...


Pickle Bath. Dec. 28th, 2022.
It is just about the end of the year, and what a year 2022 has been. It's been jam-packed full of so many experiences and life-changing...


Plein Air Survival Guide: Fall. Oct. 28th, 2022
I have been mentioning in previous posts the weather changing. I have a whole new appreciation for human beings' ability to know...


Carson City or Bust--Again! Sept 16-20, 2022.
Nevada this year, is of course consumed by wildfire smoke from the surrounding areas. As I fly into Reno's airspace, there is a smell and...


Land of Butter & Honey. July 20, 2022
It's been about a week since we arrived in Wisconsin. So far, in the short period of time of being here I am absolutely floored by it's...


Stolen Sisters. July 11, 2022.
On the road! After a month of pure craziness and preparations for the big move, we are off to the land of Wisconsin. By we, I mean it's...


The Box Spring Conspiracy Part 2. May 14, 2022
I have about a seven-day countdown for stress bombs. They consist of me spending the week building up a ton of stress about where we are...


Reflection and Ramp-Up. April 30th, 2022.
The last month has been packed full of so many things. It's appropriate to reflect on the current affairs to everything else because on...


Box Spring Conspiracy, Part 1. March 13th, 2022.
It is the beginning of a much needed week off work for me, and I am really trying to get out of a mental funk. Gas prices are soaring and...


Painting the Bodyscape for a Change. March 5th, 2022
For the last month or so, I have been attending figure drawing classes and today, we did figure painting. This is not my typical...


Sometimes the Hand of Fate is Just a Weird Tree. Feb. 21, 2022.
It's still been pretty cold, but I went shopping for some new supplies and I got some gifted to me over the holiday too. Nicer paints...
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