Today my kids convinced me to start decorating for Christmas and I gave in because I like the smell of cinnamon and my defenses are down after eating too much pie. 
I love decorating for Christmas. What I don’t like: rummaging around the attic for the decorations, looking at the empty boxes afterward, and all the vaccuuming.
I think [...]

Filed under: Beautiful Things, In The News, Mad Mom, Not painting, Ron Weasley on November 27th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This post really needs no introduction, except to say this is a Thanksgiving essay my son wrote when he was six and emailed to all of his family members.
It’s awesome.
The Thanksgiving Story
Over four hundred years ago… There were a group of people that were called Pilgrams. Their king wouldn’t let them worship god the way [...]

Filed under: Beautiful Things, Mad Mom, S**t My Kids Say on November 24th, 2010 | No Comments »

I’ve been holed up in my studio pretty much every waking hour when I’m not at work or driving someone somewhere or eating or sleeping. The problem is, so has Ron Weasley.
He’s become a serious impediment to my work.
Of course there’s the usual tomfoolery including sleeping where he’s not supposed to sleep, drinking my paint [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, In the studio, Ron Weasley on November 21st, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I recently painted these two birds for a client. Parakeets, I think.

And when I was done, they reminded me of something. I couldn’t put my finger on it until…

Maybe they’re cousins.
Maybe I need to spend less time on the computer.

Filed under: Art, Birds, On the web, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on November 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Sometimes I feel like my whole life is a cycle of acquiring possessions and subsequently purging possessions. Know what I mean? Maybe it’s the seasons…in the winter, you pad your nest and in the spring you clean out closets.
One of my favorite things to do is go to estate sales, garage sales and warehouses. I call it [...]

Filed under: In the studio, Not painting, Random on November 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment »