Last year I painted this for my friend Emily.  She commissioned this portrait of her fiance's beloved dog, to be her gift to him on thei...

Words cannot describe the magnitude of pain felt by parents who have lost a child.   I will not pretend to know what it is like to ...

My dad gave me his 4th grade reader.  I love the look of old books, and I wanted to include this one in a painting. My original plan was t...

Becky, a coworker of mine at the NICU, is getting married soon.  She asked me to design her "Save the Date".  She gave me all the ...

I’ve been wondering if there is a way for my artwork to serve God and bless others.  In my nursing job, it’s easy to feel as though...

My friend and coworker Sharla asked me to draw a portrait of her kids (cats), Ming and Bella.    It took me awhil...

This fall, I posted about my new plein air painting system, and how I was practicing using it on my own property.  Well, here is a pa...

I’ve been taking a 5 week etching class at the IAC.   Etching is a printmaking process that goes something lik...

Just wanted to share my hot-off-the-drawing-table drawing.  It is done in colored pencil for Jerry and Linda, a dear couple who have ...

I just finished a fabulous 3-day painting workshop with master artist Qiang Huang (pronounced Chong Wong). I have been stalking his blog f...