Ahhh...2016, the year of the poo tossing psycho monkey according to the Chinese calendar. I am so incredibly glad, elated even, that it's over. I feel like I should be standing on a rooftop all Rambo style,

I grew up in on small town on the Washington coast. The town was super eclectic and was a mix of salty dogs, fishermen, artists, and tourists. It seemed like paradise to me at the time. I suppose that's

I had painted both of these pieces for a friend of mine in Wisconsin at different times. The barn was for her husband who had seen the actual barn out on an old county road in the country and had declared

My family and I recently moved back to Florida after living in Wisconsin for 7 years. It has been an adjustment, even though my husband grew up in Florida and I had lived here for 10 years prior to our

This painting is of our local pier the morning before Hurricane Matthew struck our coast and ripped 350 feet off the end of it. I painted it from a picture that was given to my sister. The storm depicted

I'm so sad to hear this news. I heard of her heart attack and had really hoped she would make a full recovery. She was a badass lady who spoke her mind, was a bit eccentric, and openly and courageously

Last year I decided to take a drawing course, I felt like it would improve my painting if I had a steadier hand at sketching. We started in charcoal and unfortunately that's as far as I got before life

This is a painting I did for entrance into a kite festival poster contest in my hometown in Washington State...it's not quite done in this picture. Unfortunately, the original was entered into the contest

I painted these three fellows for a friend of my sister's. First time I had really done any wild life!! Done in acrylic on canvas.

I painted this a few months ago...had it stuck in my head for a while. It's a bit odd I suppose but sometimes it's good to get things out on canvas regardless. Thanks for checking it out!!! ;)

Original acrylic painting done by myself.

I don't know about you and yours, but myself and others that I know have had the worst year of their lives. In 2016, if anything awful was a possibility, it happened swiftly and with shock and awe. This