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Mother's Day Gift from Mom

Mother’s Day Gift from Mom

05/16/2012  |  1 Comment

Talking to my mother on Mother's Day, she mentioned that she had recently written a memoir for her college class reunion. I asked if she'd...

Inspiration Fortune Cookie for PechaKucha #6

Inspiration Fortune Cookie for PechaKucha #6

05/11/2012  |  1 Comment

It's great to get these little messages now and then to keep you going. Thanks Little Tokyo, our neighborhood Japanese restaurant, I needed this! All week...

Keep Your Head in the Game: 7 ideas for keeping your mind on creative projects

Keep Your Head in the Game: 7 ideas for keeping your mind on creative projects

04/29/2012  |  4 Comments

After hearing the phrase "Keep Your Head in the Game" at a meeting, I spent the weekend thinking about what it meant to me. I...

If you don't have a window, at least make sure you can see the world

If you don’t have a window, at least make sure you can see the world

04/08/2012  |  6 Comments

I've been working the last few weeks to clean up and organize my studio to make an area for framing and collage art.  Actually, the...

New iPad drawings

New iPad drawings

03/20/2012  |  2 Comments

For Valentine's Day I got a new iPad -- well actually I had to wait a month before the new iPad came out, but it...

Portrait of an Artist: Carla's Collections

Portrait of an Artist: Carla’s Collections

02/10/2012  |  1 Comment

You can learn a lot about a person by the things they collect, and the stories they tell about those objects. A collected object often...

Go to Sleep

Go to Sleep

02/04/2012  |  5 Comments

Sleep is a magical, mysterious thing. Magical in the way it happens naturally and revives, rejuvenates, and heals. Mysterious to me because I sometimes wonder where...