Live, Draw, Paint

Winter kisses are sometimes cold even when they're warm. "The tips of your ears are cold." "Probably." ...

In the Eye of the Storm

Purple Wash

Around the World in Three Ways I was thinking about how the world looks differently at every stage of life, from inception to old age....

My sleep habits are off, and no matter how hard I tried last night, I could NOT get to sleep.  Up I got, watched some Jean-Paul Belmondo, an...

Daryl practiced his mustache twirl each night.   He knew how to impress the ladies.

Hi all-- I featured ceramic artist, Cory McCrory on this blog in January of this year.  Click here  for further examples of her awesome ...

On her holiday vacation, Nan's lobster dinner with a mysterious stranger later turned into a fling.  Alas, she ended up with a differen...

Room with a View in Blue Watercolor, ink, crystals

Here's a beautiful gift from the skies.  I needed it.

Tea Drinker with Heavy Brows and Elegant Fingers Mixed Media

Jawbreaker Watercolor 5" x 8"

I think this beautiful Japanese Proverb is appropriate anytime, but especially these days. Acrylic, pastel, oil, ink, paper

Hoppy Holidays

Lined

Here's a bit of sweetness.   One of my illustrations from a children's book I'm working on... Every Day Is Mother's...

Songwriter I painted this in purple, silver, and graphite, but I think I liked this bleached out shot even better.

Sunday morning. Here's my Basset Hound, Molly, having an inspirational read  à  la  Charles Bukowski along with a Ed Brownlee cup of ...

Although is was snowing last week, on Thanksgiving it was 60 degrees and a little rainy.  After our wonderful meal, I managed to get these s...

As we drove 1 1/2 hours to our family's Thanksgiving dinner, nature gave us the most beautiful sight: the rolling, beautifully complex f...

Red Thinker Drawing this random man (NOT CHRIS CORNELL!)... Pastel ...while listening to this (below) over and over again.  T...

An early morning walk proved sparkling and magical after our first Midwestern snow fall.  It may be still be autumn, but it looks like the d...

Although I painted it yesterday afternoon, here's a little breakfast for you.   Oil on Cardboard

Here's a late Friday night decompression painting.  After I took the photo I added some shimmery sparkle into that heavy black area on t...