Fall in Portland

[photos taken with an iphone]

Show and Tell: Art in my home

Arthound has a series called Art@Home that I enjoy following.  I love seeing what kind of art people have in their homes and how they displ...

Recent artist finds

When I come across an artist whose work I connect with, I keep the page open on my browser for a couple of weeks.  So I guess it's a goo...

My Week

it's chestnut season! one of my favorite treats- boiled chestnuts each chestnut is like a little nutty baked potato painted the bedroom ...

Ana Ventura's illustrations on cloth

Lately, I've been thinking about working more on fabric.  Then I saw these illustrated pages today by Portuguese artist Ana Ventura .  T...

Artist Interview: Esti of Pintameldia

Spanish artist Esti Hernández de Miguel is the talented illustrator behind Pintameldia .  I came across her captivating "ghost" i...

My Week

  the youngest wants to be the white queen for halloween   i reused a flower girl dress and added shiny fabrics and trim/  just need to fini...

If walls could talk

An old school picture form and handwritten letters dating back to 1927.  In the French film Amélie , the discovery of a little toy hidden in...

Josef Frank's unfailing wallpaper designs

[image sources: Apartment Therapy , Just Scandinavian ] Some things just don't go out of style, like the beautiful and bold wallpaper pa...

Two new prints, "Sprig" and "Lake's Edge"

I rarely work from a sketch when starting a new piece.  Most of the time,  my work is a stream of consciousness.  I first lay down a wash fo...

Memories of France captured in paintings

Water Lilies , Claude Monet, 1914. I miss France.  We spent a few weeks of our summer in '98 traveling all over the country. I still hav...

Comparing art: Gérard Dubois and René Magritte

Works by René Magritte (left) and Gérard Dubois (right) The illustrative works of Montréal-based artist Gérard Dubois are featured in major...

My Week

our neighbor gave us a bag of pears from her yard so I made pie took pictures of a high school senior at her family's vineyard finished...