Botanical Garden
Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden was the site of the third Saturday plein air excursion last week. The botanical garden featured cobalt blue pots with lavender-painted curly willow, violas, and…
Hunting Island Palms
This small painting was created on location at Hunting Island State Park. I used a thin wash of gold and lavender gray to suggest filtered sunlight and trees in the…
Hunting Island Evening
This week's painting is another small piece from a recent trip to Hunting Island. I didn't want to set up my easel because it was getting dark and it was…
Hunting Island Path
This small painting is from a wonderful trip to South Carolina's Hunting Island State Park this past weekend. It is painted on rough paper using fluid acrylics in a watercolor…
Golden Fluid Acrylic Paints
Since I’m teaching a class for the next few weeks, I thought I would address a few of the questions that come up in the class. One of the…
From One Lily Pad to Another
Thanks to everyone who walked with us “In the Steps of Van Gogh” this weekend. It was a splendid exhibit of paintings inspired by the hill towns and vineyards of…
Walk in Provence February 10-12
I would like to invite you to walk “In the Steps of Van Gogh” at the opening reception this Friday evening, February 10, 6-9 pm at my studio. In a…
Waterlilies at Sandhill
As a landscape painter, I want my paintings to have sense of place. Each location affects me differently and affects the outcome of the painting. I try to communicate…
3 Steps to Jump Start Your Creativity
In an earlier post, I asked what you would like for me to write about. One of the requests I received was for a creative jump start. Over the years,…
February Art Events
You know how everything seems to happen at once? Well, February is shaping up to be one of those times for me! I have several events I would like to…