As my usual policy for painting landscape commissions goes, the first attempt to paint the image a client has described to me is created on a small canvas. This time, it turns out that two docks are better than one! A local couple asked me to paint a scene that was very…
Sometimes an artist is asked to create something that expresses someone else's idea. I have done this before, but this time, it was different. Last summer, a couple were excited about an idea they had for a painting that depicted beautiful moments from their past. They approached me to paint a large…
Here is a quick little peak of some of the new artworks created in the studio. Pictured above and below are just a few of the new miniatures that I have painted this winter. Some of them are on wood and some on paper. So much fun! I took a few chances…
There is no place I'd rather be than in my studio when there is snow on the ground, unless it's somewhere tropical. This winter, I decided to skip the annual trip to Yuma, Arizona, and encourage my husband Shane, to go on his own. For about 30 years, with the…
My work has officially been published in a fancy book!! Almost a year ago I was approached by the Walter Foster Company to be a contributing artist for their new painting instruction book, "The Art of Painting Flowers in Oil & Acrylic". One of the editors found my work on a…
Below are several photos from my October 2015 studio painting classes. There were 6 different painting projects offered and participants could choose as many classes as would suit their schedules and interest. With this set of classes, the focus was on tips and techniques used for painting in acrylics in a…
It was an honor to be featured as the St. Albert Gazette's 'Artist of the Month' for October 2015! Since early September I had been communicating with Jessica at the Art Gallery of St. Albert to arrange my bringing in new paintings for their Art Rental and Sales program. She asked if I would be at all…