Oh my gosh, I am so excited about some upcoming paintings. Some are commissioned paintings and some are ones that I’m just doing for myself…just painting them because they are swirling around in my head and I need to get them OUT and on to the paper so I can move on.
They’re like a creative [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Mad Mom, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Portraits, Watercolor on August 31st, 2010 | No Comments »

Sometimes I’m not the most present person. I have a job, and kids, and housework and another job. There are phone messages and emails, bills and business. Too often I find myself saying, “In a minute.” or “Maybe next time.”
Sometimes I forget how to slow down. No, STOP. And listen.
Or sit in the yard, watching [...]

Filed under: Art, Beautiful Things, Cats, Mad Mom, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on July 31st, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I painted a hairless cat. My first one. Technically, he’s a charcoal grey Peterbald; his name is Esau, and I think he’s quite grand.
He belongs to actor Mayim Bialik, whom I met at the MTV Movie Awards Gift Suite in June. You’ve seen her in everything from Blossom to Beaches, but I must say my most [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, MTV Gift Lounge, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on July 26th, 2010 | 3 Comments »

I am a bundle of nerves. I have been for days. I drop things. I snap at people. My kids are back to calling me Mad Mom, and only half jokingly.
Someone spilled an entire bottle of glue on the wood floor and let it dry.
There was a glob of jelly on the carpet.
My husband made [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Mad Mom, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on July 23rd, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This weekend I was away visiting the kids, and my husband was doing a triathlon in Washington which meant that for 36 hours our cats were without people. Here’s how it usually goes: Steve gets really ticked off and spends a few hours upon our return scolding us and acting all superior; Birch stays indoors [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Not painting, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Ron Weasley, Watercolor on July 13th, 2010 | 2 Comments »