It was 1992. There was a boy. And a breakup. And a college classmate from Hood River whose name I cannot remember, who lived in a rented room on Clinton Street. We decided to get tattoos together (she had a car, I didn’t) so we took off after Spanish class one day and did it. [...]

Filed under: Random on July 19th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

One of my favorite parts of a painting is at the point when the the image first starts to take shape. It might be early on when I’m masking off the white areas with masque pen; (my daughter calls it mas-KWAH pen, and now, so do I.) It might be when I’m dredging color through [...]

Filed under: Beautiful Things, In the studio, Painting on Yupo, Random, Watercolor, instagram on June 23rd, 2011 | 2 Comments »

My sister arrived from Arizona this weekend, bearing the gift of Gaga.

I was singing along with Hair in the car yesterday and thought about all the characteristics that my personality does, in fact, share with my hair.

beige
unruly
mousy
wild
conditioned
tangled
dull
tempermental
stubborn
dark
frantic
splintered
just as likely to be up, as to be down

Damn [...]

Filed under: Beautiful Things, Random on June 21st, 2011 | No Comments »

Despite a headache that’s lasted for a million years, I awoke on Monday with a radically heightened sense of possibility.
And sure enough, good things started happening.
First,  it was announced that my painting, Naughty had been included in the Top 10 finalists for the Mutt Lynch wine label contest. We find out today if I win [...]

Filed under: Art, Celebrities, Dogs, Frequent Flyers, Mutt Lynch, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Portraits, Random, Watercolor on May 25th, 2011 | 3 Comments »

My studio cat Ron Weasley usually spends his days lounging in his bed/nest/cave perched atop a table in my art room. A couple of days ago though, I found him lounging in my daughter’s room like he owned the place.  He’s a photogenic little bugger, isn’t he? Maybe “Sundays with Ron” will become a regular [...]

Filed under: Cats, Not painting, Photography, Random, Ron Weasley, Sundays with Ron on May 15th, 2011 | 2 Comments »