inspired to create

Nell’s Flowers number 50 of my 50:fifty project

Drumroll please ... number 50 of my 50:fifty project is a bouquet of flowers for [...]

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Sunset cruise: surfer girl #49

Cruising to the end of my 50:fifty project and she emerged.  I didn’t intend to [...]

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A March Hare welcomes Spring

There some interesting happenings today - the Vernal Equinox for one, a total eclipse and [...]

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Irish Soda Bread

Try this easy and so-delicious Irish Soda Bread recipe ... [...]

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Matthew Mead and Nelley Kelley Designs Give Away Winners …

    The winners of the Matthew Mead and Nelley Kelley Designs give away are [...]

Matthew Mead and Nelley Kelley Designs give away ~ and Sneak Peek into Matthew Mead’s Upcycled Style Magazine

The Matthew Mead / Nelley Kelley Designs give-away is the chance for us to share [...]

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Red Flowers in Blue Vase: abstract floral art

My paintbrush pretty much did this all on her own. Swirls of orange, pink [...]

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Party Girls: celebrating happy things

I created my "party girl" portraits as a way to celebrate happy moments in [...]

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handmade valentines …

handmade for the ones you love ... [...]

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Number 47 of the 50:fifty project

My version of the white stuff comes from the breaking waves of the ocean [...]

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46 of 50 (the 50:fifty project)

This is number 46 and I call it: "eye of the storm". It is [...]

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My Exciting News … Read all about it!

I use an old beat up vintage tool box to cart around my art tools, [...]

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45 of 50 (the 50:fifty project)

Here she sits complete and among friends now that I've taken away a flower here [...]

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44 of 50 (the 50:fifty project)

This painting is called "flower pot" and it's inspired by this antique terra cotta flower [...]

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Resolutions for 2015

Have you made a resolution that takes you out of your comfort zone or is [...]

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Homemade Holidays

my homemade holiday gift ideas ... [...]

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43 of 50 (the 50:fifty project)

I’m still on a floral kick.  Loving the process of  gathering flowers from my imaginings [...]

42 of 50 (the 50:fifty project)

I pass this marsh every time I drive to the beach in Rye. Each [...]

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woodland creatures globe

To be able to take a class with the iconic Matthew Mead directly on the [...]

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41 of 50 (the 50:fifty project)

I call this art piece "It Takes a Village" because it was a collaboration with [...]

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40 of 50 (the 50:fifty project)

The pressure is on to push myself on these last ten pieces but for the [...]

39 of 50 (the 50:fifty project)

... the "Dutch" painter in me was having a moment. On second look I [...]

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38 of 50 (the 50:fifty project)

When I set out to paint 50 paintings, I really didn't have a plan of [...]

37 of 50 (the 50:fifty project)

The greens of a future springtime are just waiting for their moment again but for [...]

36 of 50 (the 50:fifty project)

This little piece of pottery came from one of my flea marketing excursions with my [...]