Beginner’s Mind
How does one attain a state of beginner’s mind, when not actually a beginner? Is it possible when you have fifty years of playing with everything…
Any Mark…
…is better than No Mark. These few words guided me today as I hesitated for hours before making any marks on this underpainting. It took me…
Water Weilding
After two classes in watercolor techniques, with teacher and artist Susan Cowan, here is a recent project start: underpainting done with a pouring technique which will…
Meet Emma
Dogs may be a theme for the month, so please welcome Emma! She’s a watercolor on Yupo, which is a plastic substrate, often used with inks,…
Jack the Dog
It’s been a few days since I’ve been in my studio, but on Saturday attended an all-day workshop learning the basics of encaustic and encaustic collage.…
A Bit of Wabi Sabi
It finally arrived, yes, it’s 2018, after what I would consider to have been a whirlwind year. Here in the Pacific Northwest, it dawned with bright sunshine…
Masking or Revealing One’s Self?
Today, as the end of 2017 is nearly upon us, I was cleaning up some things to make room for new projects. And in the process,…