Behind The Scenes Art Life

Watercolor Artwork inspired by Tahiti and Hawai’i     Work in Progress This vibrant sunset-colored red and orange seahorse artwork was inspired by Tahiti and the Islands of [...]

  A Behind The Scenes Moment in Watercolor Painting. Here’s a quick behind the scenes view of my watercolor painting process.   I like to start my paintings with laying out a few [...]

Artistic Inspiration and New Ideas for Gifts  Updated 2/14/18   Artistic Inspiration and new ideas for gifts often comes from a helpful suggestion from my friends and fans.  Here is the [...]

How to be Happy suggestions for living life with a smile How many times have you wondered how to be happy? I have, and only once a day every day. The reason I chose to focus the bulk of my life [...]

Playing with the best watercolor paints Welcome to my studio! Thought it would be fun to share a video and invite you into my studio for the afternoon. I am playing in paint with my favorite [...]

Finding Inspiration for Creativity I spend lots of time indoors in my art studio painting away the hours.   I am lucky enough to work in such a beautiful studio with a view of my bamboo and [...]

Mixed Media Painting Inspiration I wasn’t quite sure how to start this blog post because to be honest, I have been a bit overwhelmed with incredible feelings of gratitude. I know, I know. [...]

My Top 10 Favorite Songs To Inspire Creativity Ok, I don’t know about you, but I love working to music. No matter what job I have held, I always found a way to listen to music (it’s in my blood [...]

Paint Mixing on Canvas I recently posted a couple of videos on my Instagram page showing my technique for paint mixing directly on canvas (also known as: A super fun, quick way to start a new [...]

Artist Blog Topics   Aka: What to Write in My Blog   Writing a blog is a funny thing. For me, there is a wonder of whether or not anyone is reading the blog, and a question of what [...]