There are just six days left to fund my art calendar over at Kickstarter. I’ve got just $1400 to go and would really like to make this happen! I’d also like to return my Twitter feed to its regularly scheduled programming.
The cover has been SOLD, but there are still a few “months” available, as well [...]

Filed under: Kickstarter on March 31st, 2011 | No Comments »

Several weeks ago I was painting for a client and it just wasn’t turning out the way I wanted. This happens every now and then. I mean, it’s natural to like how some paintings turned out more than others but THIS ONE. JUST. WASN’T. WORKING.
On any level.
Granted, it was in a category of subject that [...]

Filed under: Art, Beautiful Things, Botanicals, Good Advice, In the studio, Painting on Yupo, Random, Watercolor on March 31st, 2011 | No Comments »

The kids and I made a list of all the things we want to accomplish over Spring Break, and it looks like I’m already setting them up for disappointment. It’s Day 3 and we’ve only marked one thing off the list. I’ve done a lot of painting and they’ve done a lot of going over [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Celebrities, Dogs, Kickstarter, Mad Mom, Not painting, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Random, Watercolor on March 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »

The mister and I don’t get out much. The combination of work, gym, homework management, hobbies, children, cooking and housework kinda takes the wind out of our sails come Friday night if you know what I’m sayin’. But last weekend, we kicked off my spring break with dinner out in the big city. I threw [...]

Filed under: Foodie, Mad Mom, Not painting, Random on March 21st, 2011 | No Comments »

I haven’t had Spring Break since I was in junior high. In high school, I worked full-time at Puppy Love dog grooming to earn money for my horse habit. In college, I had that work study job in the Psychological Services department making posters for support groups.
Every year spring break rolls around and my kids [...]

Filed under: Lists, Mad Mom, Not painting, Random on March 18th, 2011 | 1 Comment »