I received two different opinions on my art pricing at the December 3 ArtWalk from two different people. The first said that my prices were just right. “Not as high as New York City, but this is Billings, and this is just right.” She said this as if she were suggesting I could charge even […]
Studio News
Why artists spend so much time alone
In a recent arts newsletter I received, the writer referred to a podcast featuring Anne Lamott and said that she referred to artists as “narcissistic loners.” I love Anne Lamott, but if she really did refer to artists as “narcissistic loners” she’s wrong about the narcissistic part (for most of us, anyway). There’s nothing narcissistic […]
December 2023 ArtWalk was FUN!
Thank you for helping to make it a successful event. ???? The Holiday Stroll / Billings ArtWalk is my favorite one of the year Thanks to all of you who turned out last night for the December 2023 Billings ArtWalk and Holiday Stroll. It is my favorite one of the year because it’s so festive […]
Join me for the December 2023 Billings ArtWalk
Join me on Friday, December 1, 2023 for the Billings ArtWalk. I will be in my downtown Billings studio at 113 N. Broadway, Suite 406, which is on the 4th floor of the Montana Power building, next to the SkyPoint, directly above the Montana Brewing Company. Enjoy delicious holiday refreshments and beverages, view my artwork, […]
Miniature purple irises in progress
I got some painting time in for the first time in a really long time today. Turns out my little home studio is actually functional, and even comfortable to work in. I set up my table and then found this little painting that got interrupted when we moved last summer. It felt sublime to disappear […]
Why I have been away for a while…
To any who may be wondering where I’ve been and why I haven’t been posting… Firstly, this was a rough year for my husband’s health. He was in the hospital three times since last August for five days each time. He is fine now, but it was a very scary year. I used all of […]
Watercolor Bear Class
A succesful watercolor class at Crooked Line Studio. We had fun painting Brutus from the Montana Grizzly Encounter. He passed on a while back but has now been memorialized by these art students. The gal on the left is only in the third grade. I think she did an amazing job. Everyone’s painting turned out […]
Obie – my second YVAS donated pet portrait
“Obie.” This is the second pet portrait I did for the Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter Pet Roulette fundraiser. In March of 2023, Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter invited artists to donate our time and skills to their Pet Roulette fundraiser. Once we volunteered, we were sent a photo of an animal to draw or paint. The […]
The enemy of creativity is perfectionism
I don’t normally share ads, and I’m not sharing this because I want you to buy this. In fact I’m telling you explicitly: DO NOT BUY THIS, or anything like it, just to create a mandala! You don’t need fancy tools to make mandalas or Zen doodles. When I teach doodling and doodle-mandalas to my […]