Just packed and shipped out 9 paintings yesterday, with one more in the wings.  So today I am varnishing some older pieces that I never got around to, and catching up on this blog before I start something new. I think, at least for me, it's very important to remember to keep challenging myself and trying new things.  Creatively and otherwise!  It's a principle that works across the board.  More on that later. Only last week, I came across a photo that a friend posted on social media, and I

When I was about 10, my brother and I were invited to stay the night in my great grandmother's house in Mantee, Mississippi.  Her "house" was a tiny little airstream trailer parked down the hill from my uncle's house.  BY OURSELVES! I can't remember the situation as to why she wasn't going to be there with us, and I seem to recall she was going to be staying that night with my uncle, but what really matters is we were over the moon about it.   Her trailer was SILVER.  And everything was so

I realize; I am fully aware that I lead a blessed life.  I don't understand it, because, why me? But nevertheless...I am thankful.  It's not a perfect life by any stretch, but it's a good life. And it's not the ideal for everyone, as it is very solitary.  I could make it less so by participating in classes and so forth (and I do that from time to time) but pretty much, the days are spent with just me and the paint.  As a result, sometimes I can get a little spiritually nearsighted, and at those