Want to see my art every month of the year? Then purchase the American Destinations calendar with 12 of my square paintings. CafePress will take your credit card or PayPal account online and ship to you within a few days. Calendars make gifts…hint, hint, hint ;-) Don’t want a calendar? I sell notecards and posters, [...]

Every August, the Corvallis Art Guild members gather on the Courthouse lawn to sell paintings to the public during the Clothesline Sale of Art. I had the privilege of meeting Katy Grant Hanson, an oil painter who wrote A Painter’s View: Lewis and Clark in Western Oregon and Washington. Her book inspired me to finally [...]

The sketching excursion I took in Provence in 1995 jump-started my urge and habit to paint. The guide, Mari le Glatin Keis of Art Travel Journals, has taken many groups to Provence, Brittany, and Mexico to teach the art of sketching and now has a delightful book to highlight how it is done. I recommend [...]