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 »

This weekend was a strange mishmash of painting, cleaning house, holiday parties and pupil dilation. This post has no discernible theme whatsoever. First, I’m completely mad at Ron Weasley because he completely ruined a finished painting. RUINED. I can’t even post a photo here because 1) I’m embarrassed that I have to do the damn [...]

Filed under: Mad Mom, Not painting, Ron Weasley, S**t My Kids Say on December 12th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

 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. [...]

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

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 [...]

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

If you’ve read this blog for awhile, you’ll know that I have a day job in addition to my art business, and the you know, small task of raising two human beings. These three jobs keep me pretty busy, require me to stay up late most nights, lead to coffee drinking, and often make me [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Painting on Yupo, Portraits, Random, Ron Weasley on November 13th, 2010 | 4 Comments »