It's been seven years... I took my first art lesson seven years ago. I kept painting. Eventually I called myself a painter. I kept p...

What rhymes with orange? Nothing! Some words are annoying; t hey refuse to rhyme! It shouldn't be allowed; i t should be a crime...

Do you Pinterest? I'm not addicted, but I look around every so often.  You never know what tip you might come across!   One of my ...

Do you like re-runs? I do... IF... it's something I loved the first time around.  If it's an episode of   Big Bang Theory or Andy...

What did you have in mind? This is not what I had in mind... I bought a bag of limes, and when I dumped them into a bowl, I thought they...

How do you decide what to paint? I get asked that question a lot. Well, if someone commissions me to paint something, that's one wa...

Is this deja vu? No, I didn't accidentally post these gals again.  The ladies are back for yet another encore!   There must be somet...

What is it about a face? Our eyes are automatically drawn to eyes.  Even the infants I take care of in our church nursery each week look...

How many characters do you see in the story, and what do you imagine about each one? The big brother is kind of taking charge of this...

Who stands guard at Christmas? At my house about 30 nutcrackers do.  I didn't set out to have a nutcracker collection, it just sort ...

Is it cheating to paint from a painting? If I'm copying my own work it can't really be plagiarism, can it?   It probably is chea...

Why do I avoid faces? Is it because I love the story that can be told from the back or side as if you're looking in on the story?  ...

Merry Christmas! I hope you're smiling. :)

Winter Can you feel it? Through scarf, hood, gloves, and coat, Cold bites the skin, chills to the very bones. Shiver… Huddle......

What's the lesson here? Tip of the Day: Ya'  gotta be brave with the gray if you want to appreciate the white.... I had another ...

Who's the star of this painting? I can hear my art mentor's advice, "Tone down the background.  Let your subject be the sta...

How do you tell one cow from another? This is what my husband (a city boy) asked as we passed a field full of cattle today.  I'd men...

What do you hear? If you're from my generation, I just bet you hear the Eagles singing... "On a dark desert highway, Cool win...

Do you tweet? I don't have a Twitter account, and I don't think I've ever gotten a tweet.  Does that make me behind the time...

Which "character" makes your mind wander/wonder? If you've read a few of my posts, you know that I only love a painting...