Live, Draw, Paint

Unfettered by convention, Clementine fell to her knees, grabbed her boyfriend, and took matters into her own hands.  Knowing that he was the...

Sudden Realization

Close-Up Condensation on a plastic wrapper, found on ground while walking Saturday morning.



There is an Italian way of cooking chicken called, "Pollo al Mattone," (mattone is a heavy tile), or more popularly called in the ...

My photography assignment today (Susannah Conway - August Break) was to take a picture of something yellow.  Suddenly, everywhere I turned, ...

Day 2 - Circles*     (*Photography suggestion from http://www.susannahconway.com/the-august-break-2013/ )

Mmm.  The snap back sound of the can lid; the vacuum releasing the pungent aroma of mystery meat into the air; the sight of the aluminum tab...

O.K., I'm running out the door for work, and I know I'm not doing this correctly, but here's the link to Susannah Conway's ...

Smoke  6" x 12" Acrylic and Ink  A little different lighting

It's hard to believe the weather this summer in comparison to last year.  The heat and humidity were so unbearable during 2012.  In cont...

Vanessa knew that her curvaceous body had power over men.  Maybe some would see that admission as a bad thing, but then she thought of those...

Oh, good grief!  Her friend had convinced her that putting some curling mousse into her hair would give her a younger, fresher, "beachy...

This painting was inspired by my facebook friend, Conversationally Crafty.  One day in June she posted this beauty: "He was a slow-t...

Finally, he was no longer seen as a "strange creature with freakishly long fingers."  From the moment he sat down in front of a pi...

Tangled and Entwined Taken amongst pieces of my life.

You know how you're in the grocery store and you're standing in front of the spices and you think, do I have cinnamon at home?  Mayb...

One of my favorite desserts is the French-inspired plum clafouti.  I also make them with Bing cherries (which I just saw at the grocery stor...

This painting started out as an experiment.  I wanted to work with a palette knife which I have never used before.  They stared at me from D...