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Word and Image

  How do you feel about drawing? As a visual artist, I often start a journal page with a drawing and add words. That seems natural to me. But sometimes people say “I don’t know […]

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How Coaching Can Help You

Are you as creative as you want to be? Let me tell you more about how creativity coaching can help you break down creative blocks and design the next phase of your life. Watch this […]

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Start Your Visual Journal

Recently I’ve talked about drawing and painting in a journal. I keep a visual journal because language and image combine in mysterious ways. I use my journal(s) to observe the world around me, process emotions, […]

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Journaling Again

Two weeks ago I demonstrated the beginning of a small book featuring the trees of the community where I live. This week I stood in the parking lot and drew in pencil the shapes of […]

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Live Oaks #2

  The old live oaks of the South Carolina low country fascinate me with their gnarled shapes and contrast of light and shadows. This demo shows how I used a red underpainting to add warmth […]

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Journaling

This week I’ve started a new journal featuring the trees in the retirement community where I live. Here is a video demonstrating the process.     

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Painting in Layers

Last week I posted this painting of a live oak allée near the South Carolina coast. I started this piece after seeing a demonstration by Gerard Erly at Trenholm Artists Guild where he started with […]

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Are You in Control?

Over the years that I’ve been studying self development, working in the corporate world, and making art, I’ve observed that there are some things we can’t control. We can’t control other people; we can’t control […]

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How are you feeling today?

Hello friends, Welcome to 2023! If you’ve been scrolling the internet in recent weeks, you’ve read that 2022 was the best or worst of years. 2023 will be even better or much worse. As if […]

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Making a Collage

This week I’m making a nonrepresentational collage by tearing and reassembling pieces from gelli prints. I’m featuring autumn colors and textures and a cruciform (aka parallel X) composition. I’m consciously staying away from recognizable imagery […]

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