Journal

  • Monoprinting with cut paper stencils

    Watch my latest video tutorial about monoprinting using cut paper. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaO2Ylye6tc] Read more

  • Hanging at the Flight of Fancy

    My latest very exciting news is that I sold a painting at the Flight of Fancy last week. I  blogged about the creation of this canvas last March. It was… Read more

  • Through the Studio Window

    As an artist I believe it is important to show some stages of development in the creation of a piece of work. It gives the viewer a window into the… Read more

  • Altered Images with Photoshop

    With my shoulders and legs sore from rototilling the garden, I headed for the studio at the end of last week to paint some of the fabulous purple lupines that… Read more

  • Painting with Oil Paint

    About 35 years ago when I was an art student in East Berlin at the Kunsthochschule Weissensee, I painted with oil paints. At that time, in the 1970s, it was… Read more

  • The New Vase and The Gift

    This winter I’ve been printmaking using easy-peasy materials. I enjoy the high contrast and the textures that printmaking presents, and I wanted to bring that same feel to my next… Read more

  • Printmaking with Foam and a Ballpoint.

    Tulip print and printing block. I have always loved printmaking. Maybe I have in my blood. My father was a Linotype operator and my mother was a writer and an… Read more

  • Fibre Arts Course — online from South Carolina

    While my main form of artistic expression is painting, working with textiles has a big appeal for me too. Playing with fabric and fibres in the studio. At different times… Read more

  • Evolution of a Painting

    Starting a painting. I like to paint from life, which means painting on location or with the thing that’s being painted actually present.  Painting from photos just isn’t nearly as… Read more

  • Inspiration. Where does it come from?

    Creative inspiration. Where does it come from and where does it go to? Like all eternal questions the answers vary from person to person and the reasons are complex. There… Read more