Work to Do
A couple of weekends ago I taught a Mixed Media Art Journaling class at the Mendocino Art Center. The center is located in the quaint artsy coastal town of Mendocino in on the Northern California coast. It’s a beautiful little
Rock On…
Lately I have been designing mixed modality meditation workshops with a variety of different groups that come to The Bishop's Ranch. This week I had the opportunity to work with Colleen Cannon and her Women's Quest retreat (Women's Quest Site).
Taking Time to Stop and Paint the Iris
Here in my little slice of paradise spring has long sprung (sorry you guys in cold climes) and now it is iris turn to stretch out her long neck and open her beautiful face to the sky. The iris come
Signs & Symbols
Lately I’ve been exploring symbols. For my birthday last summer I got a couple of books on symbols. They explore, in great detail, the symbols humans have been making throughout time, religion and culture. From the 20,000 years old red
Painting With an Open Heart
This Sunday I cleared away all obligations for the day, eschewed social media and turned off my phone and turned on the music - this day I felt like painting loose and free. Most of my painting these days are
Love Runs Hot and Cold
Happy Valentine’s Day friends! I did this lesson with not long ago and I thought I’d share it with you for Valentine’s Day. I crammed a lot into the lesson with this kindergarten class but they really got it –
Selfie but not Selfish
I thought I’d share a little art teachery stuff. I had the opportunity last year to do some freelance art lesson plans for the art materials company Grafix. I thought you’d like to see the lesson plan I did for
Surviving Abundance – a reoccurring theme
Every year at this time I say I’m not going to get crazy with all the holiday this and that, and every year I really try to keep it under control. But the gatherings and the baking and the making
Setting the Table
As you all probably know if you have been following for awhile I have been spray painting everything I can think of; fabric, wood, paper anything and everything is fair game for my spray paint experiments and I am in