Paint Beautiful Shapes. Paint Beautiful Colors.

Two simple phrases were passed down from teacher to student who then became a teacher to other students. These two Continue reading →

Axiom #2: Be An Original. Go From Good to Great!

Be An Original! We have heard that one many times, and I just wanted to explore this axiom in this Continue reading →

Paint Nite in Fortuna

A Paint Nite evening brings together friends old and new to experience the process of making a painting in a fun Continue reading →

Art Ability and Disabilities

In the most recent chapter of my life book I find myself teaching art weekly to a group of intellectually Continue reading →

New Drawing Class in Eureka

Starting Saturday morning, July 5th, (and running for six weeks), there will be a new drawing class through College of Continue reading →

One Slow Step at a Time in a Quick World

We live in a world of the quick.  Quick smartphones and ipads and computers and information…quick food and rapid results Continue reading →

Vibrancy in the Shade

“In some spheres the shadow condition is the condition of greatest growth.  The beautiful Indian corn never grows more rapidly Continue reading →

Boundaries and Grids of Life

 A common exercise to help train the artist’s eye is to enlarge the image of a photograph by using a Continue reading →