painting, and I’m going back tonight. I was discouraged when I wrote my parking check for 50 dollars, meaning 50 hours of parking. I know the girls had the flu, Chloe twice! But really, I need to put in at a minimum 40 hours a week. Today was a grea…

Perfect timing for Halloween. Here’s Thomas posing in my studio. We used a chair and I used photo reference for the snow blower. Next to him is the rough. I was having trouble with his face. I think for a couple of reasons, one is that I’m not…

This is the new painting, To see the progression follow this link. Painting Progression: Forgetting and Remembering in the Same Instant CoCA Seattle published a catalog of my work in 2010 which can be purchased through CoCA or Lulu High Tide by Jorie …

I want to talk about what happens when I work and seek out your experiences in kind. When I am engaged in an autotelic activity, when I make daily paintings such as the one presented above, I almost always experience flow. That is, I enter a state of hy…

Here’s a photo of my kick-ass building where my rockin’ art studio is. It’s not the artwork, or the art studio, a review, a juried show, business license, postcards, a degree, a CV, bio or sales. No. None of these. It’s the damn s…

I had my second First Thursday. It was a fantastic night, quite different than the first month in the quality of the conversations I had with people. I loved that people got that I was having a really great time with my paintings. I thought it was interes…

An eclectic array of people came through my studio door this evening. I had some of the 50/50 paintings up. Nicolette, everyone thought you were stunning and that you looked like Elizabeth Taylor. And Tilly, you have great taste, the two you picked for th…

Chloe taking in Monsters by Nathan Margoni. I know the show is really good because the children were intensely engaged and really got the work. Yesterday the show opened, the reception is today. I took the girls yesterday because I knew it would be less …

The Hat Factory, Rick Yamet, Penny Yamet, Lael Morgan, Leslie Pelino, Geogette Gouveia-The Journal News, Bruce Richards. You can visit the collection online at yametonarts.com What a crazy, upside-down, fun, confusing day it’s been...so far. Today I deli…

Mixing colors for a new paining, Its all roar and cry and suck and snap. I have a lot of colors to mix, I’ve completed mixing the sky and the bubbles. The flesh, rocks, and water are next. I’ve been reluctant to work on this one because I’ve been fearfu…