Where do mushrooms come from? Nobody plants them .  They don't seem to come back to the same spots each year.  They don't really...

How many monarchs have you seen this spring? I've seen several.  That makes me happy because I've heard that their populations...

Do birds have facial expressions? I wouldn't think so...  They don't have lips so they can't smile or frown.  They don'...

Happy Easter! He is risen! He is risen indeed! I painted this from a lovely image provided by Paint and Draw Together.   It's al...

Where do you get your painting inspiration? I love to paint what I love, and I love what I see around my own home.  I grew a row of su...

When is finished... finished? I hadn't painted a child in a while, and I couldn't wait to start this little one.  It was one of ...

How do you know it's springtime? It's always a surprise to see spots of bright yellow showing off after the winter's g...

What sight makes you stop and take a moment to enjoy? ... a rainbow... ... a clear night sky filled with stars... ... the orange sky a...

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...