Ah...moving. And the challenge of trying to fit square pegs into round holes! I suppose it is an apt metaphor for my life in transition. Transition from caregiver to free spirit. What once was a perfect fit has made way for a new way of being. That said, what I am really talking about here is change. And we all know that change is a constant variable. Unavoidable. Yet most of us will, kicking and screaming, try to avoid it, at all costs. But sometimes, change is set into moti

Meet Maya. She is the first person to sit for me in my studio since I made the decision to shift my focus back to portraits of people. It was such a good feeling to have someone sitting in my studio, and to engage of the process of seeing while the sitter moves, and the light of the day changes. I'm a sucker for a challenge, and drawing from life is one of my favorite challenges. Bringing paint into the mix adds a whole other layer of exciting challenge. Each work undertaken

October in the studio is all about getting back into the practice of being a studio artist. This can feel a tad uncomfortable, but it is in the discomfort that surprises emerge in the work. It is in the practice of showing up in the studio, that the work begins to develop and take on a life of its own. In preparing for Point Reyes Open Studios, I am painting lots of beautiful faces of people who believe that they can make a difference by putting themselves out on a limb...by