Do you remember your first kiwi? I do.  I didn't even know that kiwi existed until I was an adult!  My students were eating lunch in...

When did it "click?" I started painting in February of 2007.   First my teacher guided me through the painting of a Summer Tre...

How's the best way to spend a snow day? When I went to bed last night, I expected to wake up to a blanket of snow and a day off... b...

What triggers your memory from way back? As I was painting this little bird, I kept thinking of a piece of song my dad used to sing to m...

How do you paint silver? It seems that silver isn't any color.  It's just reflections of the colors around it.  How odd...  I ha...

Which tubes of paint have to be replaced most often?  I paint with greens more than any other color.  It isn't really intentional....

How do you get a cow's attention? Several years ago a friend told me about a silly game her family would play when driving down rura...

What makes an image special? I love an image that tells a story and makes me wonder... a picture that really is worth a thousand words. ...

What is it about some paintings that make you want to keep looking and looking? I wish I really, really knew the answer to that so that I...

Just what I wanted!   ...a hand-crafted stained glass. ...family together for dinner. ...to surprise my husband. ...my son joining...

Shouldn't things be easier the second time around? That wasn't the case for me and this painting.  I'd actually painted this...

Where do I begin? Well, in the case of still life paintings, this is where I began.  I learned... make that... I began to learn about so...

What's in your backyard? These pretty little things grow in my parents' yard.  I think they're called echinacea - pretty fan...

Do you remember when...? That's a phrase that begins many conversations between family and friends. This chimney sits along the ro...

What's your favorite color name? Fuschia, chartreuse, magenta, azure, viridian, cerulean... I painted this as a challenge for Arti...

When do you decorate for Christmas? We do it the day after Thanksgiving, and it has become a tradition we love.   It seems like just the...

How often does something truly exceed your expectations? We wanted a "grown-up" vacation, but we weren't  sure what that mea...

What do you miss about summer? One of the things I love about living in Northwest Arkansas is that we get a little of everything with th...

What makes you smile? I smile... ...when my pup cocks her head sideways like she's asking a question.  ...when my students write s...

How often does something truly exceed your expectations? When my kids were about 10 and 13, we took a vacation to the Northwest.  We visi...