Perhaps not a very imaginative art journal post, but a pretty one! Bluebirds, yellow roses, bumble bees, and a mottled turquoise...

“If I am to have a guardian let it be a mouse.” That’s the text on this piece, the third and last I did in my wonderful sabbatical week a...

For my second sabbatical pieces, I decided to create icon-inspired wall art honoring the role of bears as watchful companions. I’ve long...

My sabbatical week is over now. It's hard to say good-bye to such a fun time, but I'm so happy that I did it. And I'm excited to fill you...

This is going to be a great week. I’m on sabbatical! After spending week after week, month after month for so long working on my books,...

I may be one of the few people in the US who remained unaware of today’s eclipse until just a day or two ago. Oddly, I’d been working on...

One of the things I love about art is that there is always something new to learn. And not only was learning the the purpose of the...

I’m working on a piece in preparation for recording an art instruction video for Tamara Laporte’s 2024 Life Book program. My intention is...

I posted about the beginning of this project a few weeks ago here. Since then, I’ve continued to work on the project - the cover for the...

A surprise changed my priorities this week. Suddenly, I had the unpleasant realization that it was March already. How did that happen?...

I love Southwest jewelry, especially with turquoise bears set in silver bracelets or necklaces. And one day, as I was looking at them on...

Here’ where I finished last time, inspired by the colors in a spread from a catalog, and with no idea where I’d go with it. I did,...

Here’s where I stopped last week, thinking that I was finished or nearly so, but I gave myself a few days to decide. And here’s when I...

This little stag head painting has been kicking around my studio for at least a couple of years. Saturday, when I came across it again, I...

For a large portion of the time I’ve spent working on this piece I was dissatisfied with it. My main problem was that it just didn’t feel...

This past week has been a busy one. My sister, who lives next door to me, had knee replacement surgery, and I’ve been her care-giver. I’m...

What’s next with paper clay? A black bear. But not just any old black bear—a spirit black bear. After recently creating another of my...

Well, I should say ‘the most art fun I ever had!” And you may well say  ‘but what is it?’ It’s a 3D mixed media piece that I made in a...

There was something strange happening as I created this portrait of my late cat Zeke for the dedication in the book I’m working on. I was...

Last week I was looking through some of my old magazines, and I was finding wonderful cat image after wonderful cat image. For some...