My website has been down for 8 days. Eight! Ordinarily, that is not panic-inducing but considering that my traffic went from maybe 150/day to FIVE THOUSAND after the Pioneer Woman post – there has been some subsequent, and I think appropriate, panic.
Thank goodness for Google, because I think that’s how most people are finding me here [...]

Filed under: Art, Dogs, In the studio, On the web, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on February 8th, 2010 | 4 Comments »

I started this painting last week but life got in the way. The job. The kids. The laundry. I went back to finish it on Friday but it was gone. I leave all my painting taped to a drawing board until it’s signed and sealed, but this one was missing. The tape was still there, [...]

Filed under: Art, Painting on Yupo, Portraits, Watercolor on February 7th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I know this is incredibly cheesy, but I sometimes feel like my paintings are my babies. And I’m kind of like a surrogate. I really enjoy the journey that each painting takes me on, but in the end, I know it’s not for me. It’s going to live with someone else.
I get many great thank-yous from [...]

Filed under: Art, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on February 4th, 2010 | No Comments »

We have three cats in our household - my self-imposed limit. Sometimes I feel that I spend 60% of my time managing kids and 40% managing cats.
They are equal parts muse and menace.
Steve is the matriarch. We found her on my husband’s college campus almost 15 years ago and she has been giving me the Stink Eye ever since.
Birch [...]

Filed under: Cats, In the studio, Not painting, Random on February 1st, 2010 | 9 Comments »