Live, Draw, Paint

Beautifully Made from Every Stripe

What happens when a bunch of hens start clucking?  Cacklephony.  Ah, ha, ha, ha! (-;      

Here, finally, is a commissioned piece for my friend Phyllis Natanek.  She belongs to a local art league we are both in, and she is a wonder...

I'm tired.  Maybe it's because we had an all-day event at the hospital yesterday (all's well now).  That procedure combined wi...

   

Hello, darling people!  I have an art show this weekend, June 14th and 15th at Cantigny Art in Bloom in Wheaton, IL (outside of Chicago).  I...

Below is a birdhouse I painted as a donated piece of art work for an organization named "Shine."  It puts a spotlight on young ar...

I think I've discovered something...the angle that I'm drawing at, or rather the angle my drawings/paintings turn out like (bad sent...

This past month I participated in Sketchbook Skool (yes, that's spelled correctly), an online sketchbook class created by Danny Gregory ...

I woke up this morning at 6:10 a.m., an unheard of event...well, not unheard of. Wait, let me begin again.  I woke up this morning at 6:10 a...

This piece has been sitting on my desktop for quite awhile.  I coated some cardboard with some modelling paste still on my fingers from anot...

I have several commissioned pieces I am finishing up this month and next.  The first is from a co-worker, Diane, who volunteers as an adult-...

Blueberries with Lemon Cream Here's my illustration of a favorite recipe from Eating Well Magazine. And here's a little dr...

I've been participating in projects with the Brooklyn Art Library since 2010 when I did my first sketchbook for them called, "Coffe...

Sometimes I sit down at my computer desk, which also doubles as my painting area, because I have no other room to paint, and I will get this...

Emergency Retrieval of a Wayward Contact     11" x 17"   I used to wear contacts from about 14 until 35 years of age ...

Oh my gosh, what am I going to do?  Fill my house with paintings made by me for me?  I can't help but paint these wacko things.  I crack...

In February 2013, Lesley Riley ( http://www.lesleyriley.com/ ) had a call for art for her book containing her favorite quotes.  That book be...

Here is a most beautiful short film from Carlos Lascano called "Lila." Thank you Suzi Poland for bringing this slice of beauty to ...

This painting emerged when I smeared some molding paste on a canvas.  I saw a face in the lower left-hand side and it grew from there.  I kn...

I'm participating in an online class called Sketchbook Skool created by Danny Gregory and Koosje Koene and one of the assignments last w...

Both last year and this year, I participated in Kat Sloma's international postcard swap.  It's such a great artistic combination of ...