Making art is the best stress-reliever I know of. This new painting has been a very fulfilling experience.

Just a little update since I haven't been here in a while.

My newest painting is a view of the shipwreck of the Peter Iredale, lost on the Oregon Coast in 1906.

Here are two new paintings and a bit of commentary about my creative process.

Ars Poetica brings writers and visual artists together. April is poetry month! This is a description of my experiences with Ars Poetica at the Collective Visions Gallery in Bremerton, Washington.

I've spent the last couple of months making pottery with an octopus motif.

A painter's signs of spring on the Puget Sound. It seems slow in coming this year.

I have time to paint again! Here's my latest.

I haven't been here much but will be back again soon.

How I came to be a potter as well as a painter.

This is the story behind my painting of a yellow teapot sitting on lacework made by my grandmother.

Just me, musing on what it's like to be a working artist who doesn't have to support herself with her art.

Musings on the passing of my mother.

A still life arrangement at the Georgia O'Keeffe studio/museum in Abiquiu, New Mexico, provided the inspiration for this painting.

Features of many adobe structures in new Mexico include the warm orange tones and soft edges of the adobe, contrasted with the sharp turquoise blues of windows and doors.

About some of my flower portraits, all painted since the start of COVID.

The daytime moon was visible in Abiquiu while I was there visiting Georgia O'Keefe's home.

A new painting, and a short description of the events surrounding it.

Still painting and sometimes even still writing about it. Here's the latest one.