artist life


  • An Angry Fish Head, it’s Sketchy!

             Tom made smoked trout spread for one of our Easter snacks. This fish head, this angry looking fish head I thought would be cool to sketch. I used a carpenters pencil. It right off helps me to be looser in my lines, though it was quite challanging with that eye looking…


  • Baby Bundle

    Half way through the 30 in 30 painting challenge lead by artist Leslie Seats!! A little baby bundle 6″x 6″ in preparation for the holiday season.   Baby Bundle of Blessings 6″x 6″ mixed media Available $38.


  • Balancing an Artist Life

    Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.      Mark…


  • Daffodil Watercolor Sketch

    Do what you can with the moments you have….you too could be pleasantly surprised! 💙 Sketchbook page all ready with some snippets of paper.I began sketching in the car. On the way out of studio a little early to bus I wanted to squeeze in a bit if sketching. I grab a daffodil. Something other…


  • Did you DRAW in that Bible?!

    HEREI never would of imagined I would be one of THOSE. My early years of catholic school are still are with me in that I would never dream of writing in a book let alone a BIBLE! But her I am doing it, LOVING IT! Growing closer to God. I was slow to start. First…


  • Energized by this color story!

    Energized by this color story!

    Loving these colors and patterns. New discoveries await in the play! Materials: old dictionary,acrylic, posca pens,gell pens and pigma markers.