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February 5, 2026
Trying New Things
South Seas Dreams
South Seas Dreams
The colors in this piece remind me of some of Gaugin's paintings from
his South Pacific years. The texture in this piece was created by
exploring and pushing boundaries with new materials. When I allow
myself to push beyond the point of what if, I often find a new color
combination or a fresh direction where the art wants to take me. This
piece is like that. I look forward to creating larger pieces with some
of these attributes.
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New Work-Again
Mexico
Mexico
Travel provides some of my greatest inspiration. When I was in Mexico
teaching, I took the opportunity to wander the streets, and I captured
many wonderful photographs of textures and colors. I combined these in
a digital program and then printed the image onto Kozo paper. I painted
a panel with colors and textures and then added the Kozo paper in
areas. When dry, I sanded back to reveal underlying layers and then
added more layers on top. I love how this piece turned out because it
really captures the feeling of the experiences I had wandering the
streets of Mexico.
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Synchronicity
A Stitch in Time
A Stitch in Time
Irish Songs 6x6
Irish Songs
I love when synchronicities occur, especially when it comes to art. The
painting, A Stitch in Time, sold to a collector as soon as I posted it
onto my FASO website because she gets notices of when I post new work.
The piece called Irish Songs wasn't posted to the website. She bought
the piece to give as a gift but when she received it she fell in love
with it. She wrote to let me know this and asked if I ever did another
one similar to let her know. I had made both of these while filming a
video, so I showed her the second one and now she can get that one as
the gift. Communication and a good website make all the difference. If
you want to find out more about FASO here is a link
to a special deal
through me.
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Listen to the Podcast
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I am very excited to share the podcast I was just on with The BoldBrush
Show. It is titled Play and Surrender. I was interviewed by Laura
Arango and we covered a lot of territory. Here is the link
to listen. I hope you find a nugget of
inspiration.
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It's Here!
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I created this transfer class earlier this year that was part of a
teaching package Mixed Media Master Class with many other instructors.
I am now offering this class as a stand alone soon for purchase. If you
missed the limited time that it was offered, this is your chance to
learn transfers with me. You will be creating all of these transfers.
Here is the link to purchase it for a special low price! Transfer Class
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Final Art Retreat-please join me
Travel is the best inspiration and making new friends and creating art
all makes for the best way to expand your world. I would love to invite
you on my final retreat. Find out more here
. There are a couple of
spots left. Don't miss out!
Mixed Media Ireland ig
It is both bittersweet and exciting to share my grand finale for
teaching. I have been teaching in person, online, making DVD's back in
the day, writing books, now YouTube videos, and always creating my own
art. I will miss the camaraderie of teaching, but I know I will still
be connected with installation projects involving environmental issues,
growing my own artist vision and participating in international art
residencies. I would love to share with you one of my favorite places
on earth, Ireland. Join me
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Free Tutorials on YouTube
I just wrapped up filming several videos and I think you are going to
be inspired. Be sure to subscribe to the channel!
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New tutorials are coming out more often now! Subscribe
to my channel so you don't
miss new episodes. There are over 100 videos on the channel now!
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For books, workshops, videos, and of course paintings check out my
website . If you like what you
see, contact me to get a discount code for a FASO website.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
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January is the month Mark and I got married and we revisited the spot
where it all happened. We got married on Museum Hill at the Meem
Auditorium at the Lab of Anthropology. It was a beautiful day like this
22 years ago.
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is the upgrade to the Resource list I used to send out. You can just
click and shop products on my Amazon Shop
. I am constantly
updating it to coordinate with the videos.
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