Last Few Days

My 2-1/2 month show, Simply Home, at CACHE is almost over. I’ve done my best to show you all the paintings, and now I have 2 blogging days remaining with three paintings left to show you. That worked out pretty well, except I didn’t show you the three pencil drawings. What’s an artist to do? […]

All is Calm

Not much going on in my little world right now. Let’s enjoy some photos. 2025 CALENDARS Calendars available here, $25 each: cabinart.net/store/ SIMPLY HOME SEQUOIAS IN WINTER is sold, but is still hanging at CACHE, 125 South B Street, Exeter, California. Fridays 10-4, Saturdays 11-4, Sundays noon-4. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, IS THE LAST DAY TO […]

Two Boys From Kansas

To show Friend/Customer how color will look on his drawing, I printed it on my unreliable printer and scribbled some color on the copy. This passed muster (not sure about this term but it has military origins). So, I pulled out my good colored pencils (Polychromos by Faber Castell) and colored the original. After I […]

One Hair Width

My friend/customer likes to challenge me. He thinks I can do things with my pencils that I am never sure I have the ability to do. We talk, I sketch, we talk some more, I revise, we talk some more—and that’s all before I begin the drawing. I’ve shown you some of this in progress, […]

You Want Me to Draw WHAT??

Good thing that you (and my customers) know that I know how to draw, or this rough sketch would cause everyone to back away slowly, wondering how I could call myself an artist. This is a compilation, a conglomerate, a composite, of unrelated photos, following the ideas and instructions of a customer/friend with an interesting […]

Escaping into Fall

Right now I have 2 pencil commissions that both seem a bit too hard for me. One is a collage, combining multiple photos into one cohesive piece of work. I have done this many times. BUT, these are photos that aren’t fitting together very well with lots of little fuzzy-faced people in them. A hard […]

This is Where I Work

In the spring and in the fall, when it isn’t hot, I am struck by the beauty and charm of where I get to work. When my studio was new here at home, I participated in a studio tour. Many guests asked if my husband built the studio. My answer was, “No, he already has […]

The Hour of My Usefulness

Last night was my presentation “How To Draw” at CACHE, the gallery and museum in Exeter. This was more of a talk than a demo, about a subject upon which I could bloviate for hours. Alas, it was just one hour, 6:30-7:30, because I know people’s attention spans are limited. Besides, I was missing dinner. […]