Pencil Scribbles

14th Annual Waterworks show opened yesterday in August House gallery in Chicago. The turn out was fantastic! People were standing shoulder to shoulder with barely any room to get to paintings. The weather seemed to be in line with the … Continue reading →

Urban Sketchers Chicago is a new sketch group and a new chapter of the Worldwide Urban Sketchers movement. Urban Sketchers is a network of artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel to. The mission … Continue reading →

Remember Beanie Babies? Oh, the 90′s… Shelly was perhaps in the first grade when Beanie Babies became all the rage. We succumbed – they were so cute. Irresistible, really. And their names were so clever, like Speedy – the turtle … Continue reading →

Here are a few more sketches. I am trying various pens. I am finding that I love drawing with a pen, can’t believe it seemed to be an unattainable skill to me before. I drew the perfume bottles with your … Continue reading →

6″ x 6″ (15 x 15 cm) oil on gessobord panel. I am a tea buff, as in tea aficionado, tea connoisseur, but otherwise known as a tea snob. In our little tea universe we study and admire tastes, aromas … Continue reading →

  It is too dark to paint in the evenings… I gave up on painting in artificial light because when I look at what I painted in the morning the color temperature always needs to be corrected. So I thought … Continue reading →

6″ x 6″ (15 x 15 cm) oil on gessobord panel. In the year 2000 my husband and I went to Switzerland and did some wonderful mountain hiking. The absolutely amazing experience was the Eiger Trail near Gimmelwald. I was completely  spellbound … Continue reading →

8″ x 8″ (20 x 20 cm) oil on gessobord panel. To bid on this painting click here. The painting was slow in coming, and I am not all sure why it took so long. I started it before Christmas. … Continue reading →

The WordPress.com prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 14,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney … Continue reading →

Best Friends Forever… Katya and Colin. 8″ x 8″ (20 x 20 cm) oil on gessobord panel. To bid on this painting click here. In spite her youthful appearance Katya is an old gal. She is 19, almost 20. We all remember vividly how Katya came to live with us. That summer Shelly was 3 [...]