An Artist Labyrinth: Ginny Stiles CZT

Various New Year traditions have been celebrated for a long time — the earliest recorded celebration was in about 2000 B.C. in Mesopotamia, ...

I remember Eric Carle paints his own collage paper too. Remember him? The Very Hungry Caterpillar? If you click on his name you'll se...

I have several friends who are marvelous photographers. I mean marvelous. Fred Noer is one. He works primarily in black and white as sho...

I am currently reading Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland. Have you read it? This was a recommendation from my friend Florie E...

Taking a moment to reflect. Lots of things can interfere with reflection. But focusing and attentiveness are my constant goals. I went thr...

A few years back I painted this view of our Christmas table for my Christmas card. I loved how none of the chairs matched. It was late in t...

In the northern hemisphere , today is the Winter Solstice , the shortest day of the year and the longest night. It's officially the firs...

Cool...windy...but lots of sunshine on the Gulf Coast today. While my grandson and his friend jumped waves, dug in the sand and did cartwhe...

It's already way past my bed time...so not many words on the post today...had a great day in FL with our grandson Alex (16) and his best...

Now is a big step-back time. Asking myself, "Where is that interesting place to stop?" Now I am looking mainly at lights and dark...

THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my ch...

Now it's probably time, as Judi would say, to "step back and think awhile". The last two washes and some details have warmed u...

The architectural painting of Mossy Cottage continues today...These are first two washes (ala Judi Betts style). It's always a stretch ...

I just thought real quick I'd show you one of Judi's architectural designs..similar to the one I am looking at on her video right no...

Although I have a list about a foot long tacked to the cupboard in the studio in full view of my drawing table....and none of the things on ...

Today I was cleaning out some folders of maps and notes etc from our trip north and then south again last week. Information on the Natchez ...

I got a ribbon for this painting at the Mt Dora, FL show this weekend! This is an Yupo painting I did on semi-transparent Yupo paper with wa...

Today is St. Nicholas Day . St. Nicholas lived in the fourth century, and he was the archbishop of Myra in Lycia (which is now Turkey). The...

This year we decided one trip north...and one BIG holiday. SO, with the help of our 6 children and their spouses we had a whirlwind week up...

By now you all know that I love to journal my trips. Some trips have more opportunities than others! I already mentioned a few posts ago t...