Finding Enchantment & Foxes in the Thin Places
This week at The Bishop’s Ranch, where nature and human industry embrace, a wonderful discovery was made, a family of foxes. For those of you who have never visited the Ranch it is surrounded on three and a half sides
You Are My Cup Of Tea
I know it’s a rare thing when I don’t have much to say but this week I’m going to say it with pictures. I spent the week with 51 quilters here at The Bishop’s Ranch. The room was abuzz with
In Pursuit of Still Life
I love doing still life paintings and drawings. Just the name itself denotes a quiet, reflective, tranquil pursuit. Still Life. Perhaps it’s because my life doesn’t seem to have enough still spaces that I am so drawn to the subject
Singing Us Home
I bought tulip bulbs a little late, lured by the bright colored box on a dreary, rainy day wandering through the hardware store. I planted them with hope in my heart that they would be as bright and cheery as
This Is It
March has been a stormy month here at The Bishop’s Ranch. We are all grateful for the rains but wishing for a spot of sun all the same. The trees I painted in this painting are already trading their frilly
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
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
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,