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...

Do any of you remember Christmas tree bubble lights? They were introduced in the 1940’s, were most popular in the 1950’s and 1960’s, then...

Well, I thought I’d finished Miss Marcia the raccoon, but now that I look at this photo, I think her expressions is a little sad, so I’ll...

All week I’ve been looking forward to getting back to this project and working on the raccoon. Here’s as far as I got. But there’s still...

For various reasons, it’s been a while since I’ve experienced joy in creating art. I felt helpless in the face of that emptiness, and, in...

I’m having a hard time emotionally because my dear cat, Zeke, is very, very sick. He has been for a while now and it’s been an up and...

Many of us are aware of the benefits of a daily practice of gratitude. It helps us focus on the positive, put things into perspective,...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about beginning an art journal spread featuring dormice. As I was working on the drawing, a phrase popped into...

At the beginning of last week here in southern North Carolina, the temperatures were in the 70s during the day and the upper 50s at...

Not long ago, there was a perfect day. It was rainy and foggy. So, how could it possibly be perfect? Well, it was perfect in the garden....