A little forest of mini Evergreen Christmas cards. Each card is unique, though a member of the same forest. My mini good luck c...

How I hate endings, but, the time has come  to end this blog.  It's been such a wonderful experience with some gifts that I nev...

I sat in my car by the side of Lake Megunticook, sketching.   I then made this painting back home,  from the sketch & from ...

Meet La Fofolle. The idea of her  as well as her name came from   Valérie Guillet,  the founder  of  Portland Maine's Langua...

Homework for class: Ink Drawing I started with simple,  tiny, (2" X 4"),  02 Micron pen  drawings  (below) But ...

 "Why would you take a drawing class when you already know how to draw?" someone asked. Because: • In drawing ...

This little guy bear has been coming with me  to library story times for a long time. We don't do that many, now that we are...

"For my part, I know nothing with any certainty. But the sight of the stars makes me dream." ~Vincent Van Gogh Last nig...

So I moved from a city that I love to a small town that I love. I've been tuning into feelings of homesickness, lately, mal du pays...

Just thinking about favorite places in Maine. At this moment  in the background  of my mind   I am hearing  the Beatles: ...

 I spent a day in my beloved old home city of Portland,  at the downtown Farmer's Market,  sketching  with a Maine...

I'm been making little gifts of dried lavender that I got  from the local Glendarragh farm & the shop in Camden.  Purple,...

Based on a book shop in Arles I will be visiting some old French study group friends  who asked me to bring  some of my pict...

Going to Boston means going sketching.  Above, the MFA permanent Impressionist Gallery,  a place  of familiarity & comfort f...

Looking East to the Camden hills from route 52. For me, i t's one of the most beautiful backroads in Maine. It's all th...