Winnie-the-Pooh, Part Too!
“So he sat down on the stone in the middle of the stream.” – A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends were pretty much my all-time favorite books as …
KLR
I am a botanical and wildlife naturalist painter who happens to live on a farm filled with fiber animals. I share this world with my husband, 3 border collies and 3 housecats.
In addition to my painting I am also an indie yarn dyer; handpainting yarns in colors inspired by my love of nature, and of course I have a fiber business that includes yarns and fibers created from the animals on the farm.
Inspiration… My word for 2019
Inspiration: the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions. An artist seeks inspiration for their work both consciously and unconsciously. We must nurture our creativity with our own …
My Favorite Things
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…” For starters, the Sound of Music is one of my all time favorite movies (I just watched it again last week.) My sisters, …
Practice Makes Perfect
A daily drawing practice – something an artist should be able to do just like that (sound effect – snap of the fingers), right? Well, only partially right. Artists face …
An Epic Road Trip – My American Anthology
ROAD TRIP! Fifty two years ago, I was five years old. It was 1966 and my parents took us on an epic road trip. We drove roundtrip around the country …
Designing Websites and Tulipmania
Website, website, website – can you say website? I have been immersed in redesigning my website for the past month. I have even been waking up thinking about solutions …
The Artist and the Art Career Coach – A Match Made in Creative Heaven
The beauty and benefits of an artist/art career coach relationship… We all need a helping hand sometimes but we also need to give ourselves permission to seek out and accept …
Impressions of Oswegatchie Hills
A place can be many things – somewhere you go in your own mind to remember, revisit or relax, or a physical place you experience in person. I go to …
My Sometimes Meandering Creative Process
Sometimes a painting is completed in my mind before I ever commit it to paper or panel. Like driving a fast car on the Autobahn! And sometimes a painting follows …
Hummingbirds, Raccoons, and Great Blue Herons
The month of August was full of hummingbirds, raccoons, great blue herons and generally, birds! Despite a very hot & humid month, I still managed to get outside with my …