I started painting rocks many years ago when I quit my job to stay home to care for my youngest son, Jake. He is a special needs kid, and it…
Dreams are weird. There are of course the dreams we have at night and then the dreams we have for our lives or for the lives of our loved ones. I…
When I was in high school, I took an art class. We had to do a painting as one of our projects. I hated it! The paint took too damn…
I have had the great fortune of not being stressed for a very long time. My time seems to have now run out. My paintings sit idle, waiting for me to…
I love detail. These days, my attention to detail in my painting is bringing me success in selling my snake rocks. I just had a palm-sized garter snake sell for…
I have a problem with finishing my work. I will start a painting with every intention of actually finishing it, but then I get frustrated, or bored, or tired of…
I was a perfectionist in the past when it came to creative endeavours. I always paid very close attention to every detail trying to make them perfect. Being a perfectionist can…
I was talking to my 20-year-old son the other day about how I would like to lose weight and mentioned that if I was paid to lose weight I probably…
I started painting snakes because I could not paint fur very well. Everyone wanted furry little critters and I got so frustrated because my fur didn’t look very furry. So…
Everyone has a little bit of monster inside them that holds onto bad feelings and anger. It is hard to keep the monster at bay when you are having a difficult…