Meet our RV which I dubbed "Casita Arctica"(it's an "Arctic Fox" brand). The photo above was taken on our shake down trip to Las Cruses...

This summer I intend to experiment with plein air pastel painting and yesterday was my "shake down" trip. I packed up all my pastel gear...

Yesterday I finished my 17th still life painting! My first was finished in Dec, 2020 and my latest was finished this month--May 2023....

Yesterday I attended a New Mexico Women in the Arts private, members-only artist exhibition and reception at the Turner Carroll...

This past week I was invited to participate in a very special event called "Girls Can!" for local 5th grade girls. It was hosted by Luna...

This past week I had the privilege of participating in an artist panel discussion for GED students at Luna Community College in Las...

Yesterday I finished my latest Rattlesnake portrait--Diane. You can see a short slide show of its progression on my Instagram account....

Last week 14 artists and art lovers from Las Vegas took a field trip to Santa Fe where we toured the New Mexico Governor's mansion art...

Yesterday members of the New Mexico Women in the Arts came to Las Vegas, NM for an artist studio tour. About 11 people drove up from...

Recently a friend asked me to paint her black clothes hamper with bright flowers similar to the pattern on some other decorative items in...

A snow storm moved in late last week and gave us three days of cloudy skies, colder temperatures, and snow! About 6" fell and much of...

This weekend 28 members of the New Mexico Women in the Arts have signed up for their first Las Vegas studio tour and I'm included! It's...

I've always enjoyed the 1999 movie "The Mummy" staring Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser. One of my favorite parts is when Rachel's...

It is an honor it is paint a portrait. It takes time and vulnerability so I take the responsibility seriously. And it's completely...

One question artists get asked a lot is, "How do you know when a piece is finished?" The short answer is when the artist says it is. The...

There is nothing like a looming birthday to get you thinking about time and choices made over a lifetime. All my ruminating on life took...

A big part of creating art is figuring out how to get your art into public spaces to be seen. Over time I've become more selective about...

Welcome to the age of AI art! The image above was created on the website "nightcafe", by typing "Mona Lisa in Space". Within minutes this...

Do you remember the 1980 film "9 to 5" starring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin? Or maybe you remember the song by the same...

Reportedly when English explorer George Mallory was asked "Why do you want to climb Mt Everest?" he answered,"Because it is there." For...