We live in some of the prettiest country around. On the edge of the Irish Hills of Michigan, this is farm country. I have always loved older farms- the pretty and simple houses, big red barns, fields full of crops, [ . . . ]
Plein Air Day at Hidden Lake Gardens The Clinton Arts Center planned a wonderful Plein Air event with Hidden Lake Gardens this past week end. The weather was a bit iffy, and it did rain a bit in the middle [ . . . ]
In the small town of Tecumseh, Michigan art is a pretty big deal. Every year they have an Art Walk in the streets of the down town. This year I finally got to participate. I worked out a project with [ . . . ]
This past summer, Al and I were invited to the wedding of a lovely young couple. It was a very unique wedding and worthy of a unique house portrait gift. I simply wrote of my intentions in their wedding card, [ . . . ]
I loved this selfie of my daughter on her recent vacation to San Diego. I was inspired by it to try something new. I’ve painted portraits as part of wall murals, but not so much on canvas. I thought [ . . . ]
“Carpenter Barn” a commissioned barn painting What a challenge! I was recently commissioned to paint a memory. The photograph below was the best one available to create a barn painting for a local client. It’s a photo of a friend’s [ . . . ]
This beautiful work ‘Landscape with Fairies’ was commissioned almost 8 years ago for a local massage therapist. I wrote a blog about the work HERE. The owner contacted me this past week looking to sell the fairy landscape artwork– she’s [ . . . ]
Earlier this summer, I traveled to Grand Rapids to create an old door painting on an entry door in a condo high rise there. (read the post HERE) Unfortunately, the owner was forced to have the door painted over within [ . . . ]
There’s just something about red poppies art that people like. Maybe it’s the bright, cheerful color, or maybe it’s their simple shape and soft delicate petals. Below are a couple of smaller paintings inspired by a larger commissioned work I [ . . . ]
A few weeks ago a woman called me with a challenge, and I love a challenge! She had a seriously boring floor of 12 by 12 inch ceramic tiles and wondered if I could paint them. I have painted tile [ . . . ]
