A study of a hand. Kind of boring, right? You try and draw and paint with watercolor and gouache a realistic-looking hand. I dare you! I still struggle with drawing the human anatomy. This last winter,

As a child, I collected frog eggs, hatching them in my fish tank. I was fascinated with the transformation of a water-breathing creature into an air-breathing amphibian. As soon as the polliwogs lost their

You can find Red-winged Blackbirds in the breeding season by visiting cattail marshes and other wetlands or by merely watching telephone wires on a drive through the country. Where there’s standing water

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I've finished a series of three New World Blackbirds. I love painting birds because their form and feather patterns are easy to capture. Bobolink sings a song that sounds like the water washing across

Faires and A Cat Shrooming. I decided to visit the fairies after a day of partying. I went home in the evening and I lost a year. Sorry for disappearing on you all. 11 x 14 inches, 300lb cotton cold press

Norse Mythology Detailing the Norn called Skuld. The Norns weave a person’s fate when they’re born, however that doesn’t mean you have to live that fate set in cement. Skuld weaves the future from a persons

The Norns Norse Religion I finished the first layers of paint on the Yggdrasil tree of Life. I’ll be working on the foliage this weekend. This painting has challenged me, why do I do such difficult work.

Time to Watch a movie with my Best Friend the Dutchman 🍿 🎥 At the center of the Norse realms stands the tree of life the Yggdrasil. Yggdrasil’s upmost branches hold Asgard, the home of the Aesir gods

Creativity Running Rampant It is the 1st of September today and time to harvest squash, pumpkins, and gourds. I didn’t get a great pumpkin and squash harvest because the vine plants were under heavy attacks

I used a basic oatmeal peanut butter recipe and changed a few things. I left out the cup of brown sugar and added 1/4 cup of molasses. Instead of a cup of butter I used a cup of good old fashioned lard.

The Norns, Weavers of the God’s and Humanity’s Fate Norse Mythology Today I’m adding detail to the Yggdrasil tree mid trunk, gods and human realms, the roots, and the well of Urd. I am going to start adding

Last October 2019 a friend asked me to paint a pair of black swans for her. I’m was and still am practicing how to capture water to paper and I found painting reflections and highlights on the waters surface

I love busy days at home. Pizza for dinner tonight and bread for a week. I use a basic white wheat bread recipe you can find all over the net. I brush olive oil over the buns after they’re done baking.

I wanted to explore the texture and patterns of cat hair. I haven’t painted a cat since the mid 1990s. I had 4 kids back then to take care of, and a crazy drunk, now ex husband to clean up after. I had

I call these little bantam Cochins Lawn ornaments. They are pullets in this photo. The two hens have started laying eggs! I also had two roos, I gave the lavender one away. Two roosters in one yard is

2019-2020 August 2020 500 Gallon Rain Water Cistern February 2020 August 2019 White Brahamas and Sexlink laying hens. A link to My Blog

From (793–1066 AD) Vikings lived, raided, farmed and traded throughout the known world. I wrote this back in November of 2019, I heard the wolves of war howling as I read the world news a couple weeks

Way back in 2007ish I took thangka (Vajrayana religious paintings) classes from a traditional thangka teacher. The paintings are actual sacred geometry with paint, it’s all math. Simhamukha Dakini is my

Way back in 2007ish I took thangka (Vajrayana religious paintings) classes from a traditional thangka teacher. The paintings are actual sacred geometry with paint, it’s all math. Simhamukha Dakini is my