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I've been busy in the last week working on pastel studies. Here is the latest one. This is done on ArtSpectrum Suede Pastel Paper. It...

I have been working on things for the retreat for weeks and weeks. Last week one of our scheduled teachers cancelled and I am going to teac...

I have been taking an on-line class with Daniel Edmondson, an oil painter from Colorado. The subject mater is all still life and, while he ...

I spent yesterday in Franklin making baskets. The round one is the largest of a set of 3 nesting muffin baskets. I will be making a few mo...

I'm just back from teaching at a decorative painting retreat in Ohio. I taught 4 classes in colored pencil and took a basket making clas...

Here is another little pastel painting. I bought this beautiful mango and then painted it before it became dessert. The pieces is about 5x5 ...

The toy series is a lot of fun. This little guy has been sitting on my desk for years and when the outside temperatures start the day at -16...