Why do you create? What inspires the type of art you make? Why do you make what you do? These questions are at the heart of all creative endeavors whether it is painting, writing, sculpting, or even cooking. I jokingly say that I cook the same way I paint. I try combining different things that I grab out of the pantry. When I was a kid my grandfather was the cook. He had owned restaurants and he cooked by intuition. He would tell me, “Grab a pinch of this and add a dash of that, then taste it and see what [...]

Mixed Media art is a blast to make because you get to explore and use many different materials. I use mainly acrylic paints but I love to throw in some drawing, collage is usually in there somewhere and a transfer may find its way into the many layers of my art. But what about tools? Every artist has their favorite brush. I love my inexpensive synthetic brushes for acrylics and I do have my expensive oil brushes but they haven’t seen the light for a long time. My favorite brushes are flat, angle, fan and liner. I can make do with [...]

Let's start by talking about the Gremlin...the Gremlin is that voice inside you that says "you shouldn’t try that" or "you aren’t good at that." Gremlin says "don’t waste your money" and "you’ll never finish it or be good enough." Gremlin can even be that automatic voice that says, "oh I am always clumsy." You have begun to channel your Gremlin voice when you speak for it, "I can’t", "won’t" or "shouldn’t." You know what the Gremlin voice says, but how do you learn to speak its language so you can respond and set it on the right path? You know what [...]