This may be way too busy for some, but I’ve come to peace with the fact that I’m a ‘more is more’ person. The squiggly watercolour background is actually one of my boys’ paintings, and I absolutely love how it adds so much energy to the background. The vintage postcard in the foreground is possibly … More Art Journal: Collab

Normally I share art from my journal but I recently completed this piece and thought I would share. It is (I believe) 18×24″ oil on canvas. I generally gesso my canvases, then do an underpainting in acrylic, and then do the oils on top. I have heard various reasons for doing underpaintings, but I mainly … More Summer Wildflowers; an oil painting

I mentioned in an earlier blog post that I was going to share some of the embroidery I am working on, so here it is! When Jeanne Oliver had her semi annual sale, I purchased a class by Wendy Brightbill (I’m a big fan of her work) on botanical embroidery. It was a mini course … More For the Love of Thread!