Sharing the beauty in life...

I'm excited to announce my upcoming exhibit of new paintings at Cabell Gallery in Lexington! [...]

Some people will think this is silly- but when I'm trying to figure out what paintings to take where it really helps me to have a hands on method of playing around with my options. We have an old metal graph board and it occurred to me that I could put a bunch of paintings right next to each other in a word document (small in size so as to fit a lot on one page and save ink),  print them off on card stock,     cut them out, then glue them to magnets.     Then I typed the names of the galleries I'm in [...]

Seeds are amazing things. The fruit or flowers die and - miraculously!- a seed forms. This falls to the ground and the cycle of life begins again.   Sometimes, what appears to be a dark unprofitable season is actually very necessary for the beauty that will follow...   Creativity has a cycle too. It's always hard for me to paint very much between Thanksgiving and Christmas but this year I'm prepared with a good supply of high quality  linen panels in small sizes and a long list of inspiring ideas I'm excited to try on them. So far I've been able to snatch an hour [...]

I'm honored to be having a 2 person show with Phil Ramsey [...]

A nice reminder of a beautiful day painting with friends [...]

I'm delighted to be doing a show with my fellow artist Sue Furrow [...]

The taboret of my dreams... [...]

It's always a joyful morning when I'm able to paint in a beautiful place- but for some reason this spot, a working farm, makes me happy just to think about it. Every where you look, as far as you can see, rolling hills and farmland stretches away to the Blue Ridge mountains. We've been invited to come back and I'm looking forward to seeing it change with the seasons. If you know of a lovely spot that should be painted before it disappears please leave a comment below or go to the contact page and send me an email.  [...]

We climbed Sharp Top at Peaks of Otter on the Blue Ridge Parkway last year and this painting is just a tiny bit of the magnificent view from the peak. It was a breathtaking hike (in more ways than one lol !) but totally worth it. I had always seen it in the fall but summertime was just as beautiful. [...]

I chose to remember the sunny view [...]