Dog Days Afternoon is an old term meaning summer is hot and you end up panting like a dog. Of course that doesn’t apply now with air conditioning but you kinda feel the afternoon is for a siesta. I start walking at 5:30 when it is getting light out. Go to the store when it…

Just like the painting on the right, summer in Arizona is monsoon season with lightning. Here we get cabin fever because we have our house shut up tight. I get restless because I love fresh air. My paintings have a strange feelng to me. I’m disciplined though by painting almost every day.Can’t wait for fall…

Whenever I paint on canvas, I’m having a conversation. What I mean is there is a connection with my spirit and whatever flows through me is from something bigger and deeper than myself. That is why many of my paintings have a lot going on underneath. I have painted over the canvases and left just…

I think I’m doing okay then I look at my last blog and it’s been a week since I wrote anything. Because of all my internal changes, my art is changing too, but to what? My work is getting lighter in feeling and tone though. The process is about trusting Spirit instead of my brain.…

In the past, I thought if I had lots of exhibits to do, everything will change.Scurrying & worrying was part of it. I’m done with that. Working through Spirit has changed my feelings. I can be open to new possibilities and outlets for my art but not be frantic to sell or have fear of…

Sometimes it takes a kick in the butt to change. I’m healing through the help of God and listening to MY feelings. Trusting in the Spirit and responding in kind. It’s also moving me to paint more and work my business more but in the Spirit.This painting is called Buddy. Don’t know why I call…

That is what I call the internet. The spider web where you can go deeper and deeper and it has spun all kinds of things to get into. Learning more about that can add to confusion unless I’m careful. My main occupation is painting but I can get into the trap of the web and…

Painting today and overpainting some work I’ve done previously. The process is sometimes never over. Paintings don’t feel right at some point and I have do new completely or paint out some and cover that part. I have to rest some paintings until I intuitively am ready for them. People ask, “how long does it…

Thoughts are a dime a dozen but when I turn that thought into action then I progress into what I can truly be. The temperatures are high in Arizona for June. Thank God and Carrier for air conditioning. Carrier put his thought about air conditioning into action and voila, we are cool. Don’t bemoan the…

The truth, what is it? The older I get I realize I’ve been unsure of myself and my gifts. I’ve been given all the gifts in the world that I need as a human being and artist. Acknowledging them and going with that truth does set me free. I am unique and so are you.…