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I haven’t always loved roses. In fact, for most of my life I associated them with lame apologies. As someone stoically unromantic, roses became a symbol of so many things I disliked. Why give roses when you could give daffodils or sweet peas or any number of interesting flowers? Looking back, that dislike came from having very little experience with roses. All I knew were the red ones that showed up (or, um, didn’t) at valentine’s day.  It’s possible that had I understood the depth of the rose family I would have come to appreciate their charms at a much...

Here is my daily painting complete with an Easter cocktail. We went to my husband's parents' house this past weekend and it was two days filled with good conversation and amazing food (seriously, my mother-in-law Pam is an incredible cook). It's the kind of weekend you need occasionally before you come back home and dive into the next project.

Show is hung at Cafe Voila in downtown Portland. (Address and hours below.)It’s kind of exciting that total strangers are seeing my work today. I love that about art. You can have a conversation with someone you’ve never spoken to and may never speak with.This show is also an exciting timeline marker in that it’s my first solo show. I’ve been in a half dozen group shows but this is the first solo. That feels really good. It feels even better that it’s in a cafe I love. Details: Cafe Voila, Portland Show runs: April 17 - June 1 Hours:...

  I'm excited to announce my first solo show in downtown Portland, OR. Cafe Voila, Portland Show runs: April 17 - June 1 Hours: 7:30 - 5PM 901 SW Washington St, Portland, OR 97205 A few years back, before I started painting full time, I walked by Cafe Voila on a Sunday when it was closed. Something caught my eye and I turned to stare into the big windows at the art all over the walls. I made sure to go back the following Monday when it was open (Mon-Fri 7:30am - 5PM) and ever since it has been a...

This month I’m moving away from the painting-a-day. The daily piece has become a heartbeat to my practice but working that way for 90 days also helped me understand the limitations of my approach*.

Daily painting makes sure I show up. It makes sure no matter how I’m feeling (and weekends were especially tough) I go into the studio and I finish a painting. Occasionally I’d finish one and start the next one but rarely did I get into that rhythm.

Daily painting also lets me work through problems. I realized I didn’t know how to blend acrylic paints and so I started work on that very thing with the roses. I worked on it further with the halo daffodil series.

But there are also things I can’t explore in a 24 hour period.