Why Showing Up is the Best Thing You Can Ever Do
Painting in Isla Mujeres Listening to the sound of waves crashing. Looking out upon a sea of extraordinary turquoise in every shade and [...]
Summertime, and the Freedom to Play
Beachside. These trees stole my attention. It's summer, and it's go time. Okay, the calendar still has a week or so to go [...]
Why You Should Study Art
Youth, they say, is wasted on the young. Not always, of course, but the older I get, the more I understand the sentiment. In part, [...]
Buongiorno! Hello from Florence
Florence! Sigh. It's long been a very special place to me. When I am there, or I think about my time spent there, the word [...]
Join me on an Italian adventure
Painting near Florence in the Tuscan hills The calendar has turned to April. Spring feels like hope, even when it's cold. All those [...]
A Fall Guide to Leelanau
We are really lucky this year. The fall colors are lasting, and as I type, on Oct. 23, color has not quite reached peek in a [...]
Painting the Protected Lands
Nature turns me into a little kid and a sage elder all at the same time. The wonder of discovery and the stillness and greatness [...]
Tales from the North
My sweeties, Marc and Muchacho, and I spent a week in the Great North of Michigan, and a recharging time away was had by all. We played [...]
Adventures in Spain
I'm off to fill my creative well with some quality time with my sweetie and adventures in Costa Brava, Spain. I invite you to come along [...]
An Ethiopian Diary: From Maji to Tum
The view that inspired so much. Many painting in this Ethiopia series were inspired by that magical moment on the road from Maji [...]