My friend, Alice Bachman, a creative genius

Alice and I met in 2006 when she moved to Greensboro from Spartanburg, SC to be close to her daughter and grandchildren after her husband died. She joined an art group called The Peacocks, a watercolor group...

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Daily paintings and online class as a discipline.

Daily paintings and online class as a discipline.

Happy New Year! It's the time of the year we "take stock" of our lives and try to figure out how to become more like who we imagine ourselves to be. So as I spend time looking at the most important areas of my life, I'm seeing I need more discipline...

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Introducing you to my creative friends: an upcoming series

Introducing you to my creative friends: an upcoming series

Once or twice a week I receive posts from a blog called My Country French Home written by this gal Sharon Santoni, who lives in the Normandy area of France.  She goes on "loot shoots" which is what we call "junking" or "antiquing" here.  She then photographs her finds...

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Are we all diverse and inspired artists?

Are we all diverse and inspired artists?

When asked "what do you paint" I always say I'm a landscape painter. Yet, when I take a look back at my iPhoto file of 'My Paintings' I see lots of things, not just landscapes. So who am I as a painter? Well, it's obvious I'm more than a landscape painter. 

When I started out painting I thought I'd be a flower painter. I had enjoyed...

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