Category: Creative Process
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Art and Childhood
I recently uncovered some of my kids childhood art, and at the same time, some of my own as well. My mother kept a xerox copy of some drawings I […]
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Studio Virtual Tour
Welcome to my studio! Today is a happy working day in my studio and I’m glad you are here! I use about half of a 12×12 bedroom for my art […]
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Blank Pages
My sketchbook arrived in the mailbox today. So small and empty it is, and also full of promise. It’s like the beginning of every good idea, every project that seems […]
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Sketchbook Project
This weekend I joined the Sketchbook Project. The Sketchbook Project is a global, crowd-sourced art project and interactive, traveling exhibition of handmade books. Our mission is to allow anyone to […]
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Where music and art come together
Attending the Wintergrass Bluegrass festival 2014 yesterday brought a few new musicians into my attention. When I like a band it’s usually for a few reasons, 1. fun to watch, […]
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My finishing process
Once a painting is completely done, and I’m satisfied, I sign it. Signing is important for many reasons as you can imagine, not the least of which is to signal […]
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Happy New Year! A look back at 2013
2013 was a year of super creativity in my studio. It was a year of learning and experimenting with different ways of making images, different ways of organizing an image […]
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NEAT: North End Arts Tour December 6-8
Please join me and 30 other artists for this studio tour throughout North Seattle, December 6-8. I will be in studio 4, as a guest of Sandra Spear, a handmade […]
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My Warm Palette
Oh, I love warm colors, and it shows. I have made plans for blue paintings, or cool color paintings, or paintings with a grayed-out overall feel, but more often than […]
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What paint can do
Discovering the joy of painting is like learning a new song. You learn the notes, the tempo, rhythm, where to breathe, where to be fast or slow, to pause and […]