Shhhh….Orange flowers at Villa Racalia in Sicily

Shhhh….Orange flowers at Villa Racalia in Sicily

On our trip to Italy I took time to journal most mornings and paint the vibrant Haemanthus flowers over and over again, while chasing around the busy bees using blind contour drawing!  Makes me laugh! I also smuggled one of these bulbs into the states and hope to have...
Racalia Sicily

Racalia Sicily

We are returning from such a fabulous trip where we visited our extended family in London.  They have an old family villa, Racalia, near Marsala Sicily where we went for 5 days and then back to London and then home.  Villa Racalia was built in the mid 1700’s. ...

We Met Artist Lauren Carrera

Last evening we had a great Atist’s Way Group  feild trip to The Carrera Expedition at Liberty Station.  The artist Lauren Carrera and her husband were actually there tending the show.  This was very unusual and special!  It was wonderful to meet the woman...
Letter to Meinrad- Patron Saint of Artists

Letter to Meinrad- Patron Saint of Artists

I wrote a letterto Meinrad Craighead  (yes, on paper with a stamped envelop!) expressing how fully  her work has affected my life, that I am obsessing over her DVD, Praying with Images,  have watched it at least 10 times and shared it with many women.  I got a lovely...