Still Life
I have been busy, I feel like I’m always busy – I am in perpetual motion and while I proport to be an artist not enough of my time is spent making art. By far I spend more time promoting
Welcome
Welcome to Spring, welcome to this day, welcome to this moment. This is it! This is all there is! Invite this moment in, welcome it. Here is a new piece commissioned for the office at The Bishop's Ranch retreat center office.
Giving Thanks for Steamed Pudding & Time
I went for an early morning walk today. I was on a mission to pick persimmons to make steamed persimmon pudding. There are several persimmon trees here at The Bishop’s Ranch and as always there was an abundance of persimmons.
Knowing
A knowing look, a knowing smile…. the older I get the more I know I don’t know much. I don't know the depths of someone’s pain, the meaning behind the smile, the gesture, the tone. The more I know the
This is the Bed
This is the bed my parents put into the dream house they built together when they were in their fifties - like I am now. And this is the bed they slept in, she on the right and he on
Marking the Sweet Moments Last
I've been up with my parents since Monday and will be here for the foreseeable future my Dad started on hospice this week. His pain is being managed - His energy is low but he continues to walk and sleep
Wandering, Wondering & Pondering the Eightfold Path
I have been wandering and wondering both artistically and spiritually for a long time – probably my whole life. I am always working out a new puzzle trying a new technique and making it my own. In some ways that
Fifty – Fourtunate
It was my birthday on Sunday and, no surprise, I have been thinking a lot about the passing of time and this metaphor has been rolling around my head for the past five days, so I thought I should share
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
Gotta Love It!
Hello dear readers as you know I've been doing some new paintings lately and with the wonders of the digital age you can have almost anything printed on almost everything. So I decided to see how these images would look