Modern Quilting Bee + Creative Sweatshop = A Great Week!
I spent the week at The Bishop’s Ranch Quilt Retreat. I have watched the myriad of quilting groups that come through, wandering the rows of tables piled high with colorful fabrics and tools of the trade; sewing machines, scissors, rolling
SHAKE IT UP: 40 ways to say I love you
Well I focused my attention and intentions on Love this week and came up with this collage piece and I have to say I fell in love with. I broke out of my habitual way of working this time, and
Seeking: The Thrill of the Hunt!
This week the weather was back to a glorious bright winter days and after the abundance of rain last week, here at The Bishop's Ranch, my mind turned to treasure hunting, golden wondrous treasure! Golden chanterelle treasure that is. I
Getting My Gratitude Groove On
January has been a strange and wonderful ride here in the Sonoma Valley. The weather has been, to put it mildly, strange. The New Year began unseasonably dry. For those of you unfamiliar with our habitat zone here, winter and
Making Friends With Your Medium: 10,000 Hours or More!
I’ve been spending the week preparing for a two day Encaustic Collage workshop I’m leading this weekend. I spent the first two days gathering supplies, mixing up a big batch of encaustic medium (beeswax and demar resin) tidying up the
Cleaning: the only thing to do when the muse won’t come.
Well I took a 3-week hiatus from the blog and the regular flow of life and art. I spent time with family and friends and had both hectic and restful days in the mix. The idea of a vacation, or
Happy Solti•Hanu•Christ
The shortest day and the longest night surround us and yet we rejoice in the radiance around us. Such is the contraction of the season. Whatever ancient religion you like to observe and celebrate with friends and family they all
Path of Desire
The past few weeks the phrase "path of desire" has been roaming around my head. I'm not sure where I first heard the term, but the way I have come to understand it is a path of desire is like
Upcycling: going beyond the 3 R’s (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)
After a busy past six weeks of teaching classes, shows and sales I took a little pause this week and looked through some magazines that I had marked with post it's, and leafed through clipping ideas torn from catalogs. The
November: from extrovert to introvert on only 30 days
I offer my November painting a few days into December due to the fall of Fridays and blog posting. But in contemplating the month clear through the end, November has revealed something to me in it’s vibrant colors, crisp mornings,