I’m a Proud Member. I email my students weekly and recently talked about the importance of being part of a Fail Club. At first it seems like a weird idea. And we joked about how we must be geniuses with all our failtures. One of the reasons I don’t spend… Read More »Fail Club
It’s Part of Who I am. It’s no surprise that I love dark and muted colors, all you have to do is look at my wardrobe. But I love the sense of comfort and security I get from wearing them. So naturally, my paintings are comprised of dark, neutral, and… Read More »My Love of Dark Colors
It’s a good life. Making a living as an artist isn’t always easy—but most of you know that already. But it’s also not impossible! I’m here to tell you that it can be done. I was working at the fire art center yesterday and I had the opportunity to talk… Read More »My Life as an artist
The magic of the Camargue. I wanted to go to the Camargue in the South of France ever since I first saw a photograph of the white horses indigenous to the area. They are iconic images. Usually running through the surf, along the beach, or in the marshes. Every time… Read More »The Story Behind the Image
Meet Frank My brother owns this image and has it at his cabin in Northern Wisconsin. This past summer when I was up there I turned the corner and found it hanging in a new spot. I stopped and took time to think about Frank and my days photographing Ireland.… Read More »The Story Behind the Image
I Paint with Beeswax and Fire. Using beeswax not only allows for an amazing luminosity that no other medium has, but each added layer of wax is fused with the layer below—just like in life, where our past is merged with our present. Working with this medium reflects life itself—messy,… Read More »Unfolding Life’s Journey
I often forget these images were shot underwater. By now the paintings have a life of their own and their origins are forgotten. The raw images in and of themselves are quite beautiful. But I only wanted to use the water as buoyancy for the clothes and nothing more. I… Read More »Yep, these images were shot underwater
Do I dare? I’ve been blogging since March of 2014 and I’d be lying to you if I told you it was always easy. There are weeks, like this one, where I have NO IDEA what I’m going to say. So, I poured through my folder on ideas and scrounge through… Read More »Disturb the Universe
This is one of my all-time favorites. Sometimes I forget about images that I made awhile back. Majestic Rain is one of them. It’s one of my all-time favorites so it’s surprising that I would forget about it….but I did. Kim Pogue (at First Edition Prints) prints all my reproductions for… Read More »The Story Behind the Image
Sometimes I call this portfolio ‘my lovelies’. It’s a name that my friend Kat coined for them a long time ago. Áine is my favorite of the series. She is named for my mother – Áine being the Gaelic version of Ann. Actually the entire series is about my mother… Read More »The Story Behind the Image