You can learn a lot about a person by the things they collect, and the...

Sleep is a magical, mysterious thing. Magical in the way it happens naturally and revives,...

A nice surprise came in the mail yesterday - a dragon! 2012 being the year of...

This past year I did pretty well on my goal to give handmade things for...

Last November the First Friday Art Walk was cold and we were planning on documenting...

Of the many things I'm thankful for today, one is getting my blog back. I'm...

Regardless of what most people thing, Halloween is not just about ghouls and goblins --...

We invited a few friends over the weekend to brainstorm at the studio and start...

I've often though about doing more abstract work or big simple shapes because I love...

Over the years we've hosted many events at our studio, but this is the first...

Maybe they're not mad, maybe they're just having fun. I'd forgotten how fun this is --...

It's the time of year that I sometimes work on art for the Japanese Fall...

Gallery Marlin 305 W. Mill Street, Suite 300 Springfield, MO 65806 Opening reception Thursday, June...

For all my foodie friends out there, here's a food art alert. I haven't been...

Or perhaps I should have said, Preoccupied with Octopi. This is the second of two...

On a street corner outside a noisy concert, a friend pulled out her phone to...

I've been looking for a group that meets to do figure drawing and recently saw...

It's been two weeks since the huge earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, and I haven't...

Kerry wrote me, "my friends and I took a brief online course with Jane LaFazio...about...

The other evening at a birthday party, I was experimenting with taking photos of people...

I've had The Tao of Sketching for a couple of years, but packing it along...

This is a painting called "Love is a  Circus" that I did for the...

My friend Stephanie inspired me to create a painting to donate to Hearts for the...

It started snowing last night about five and accumulated to only a couple of inches...

For the last few weeks, when I wake early I make a cup of hot...

I had a lot of fun doing this drawing - Yoga 101: The Mistletoe Pose,...

Last night we got up at 2 am to watch the lunar eclipse on the...

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that I like to...

Looks like art, huh? What a lot of people don't realize is there's "art" behind the...

I enjoy telling people that I work in an old peanut butter factory, next door...

Last weekend we helped out long-time friend Christine Kreamer-Schilling at her studio Mosaica during C-Street...

Celebrating Labor Day by working with my hands today. Sometimes I wish I had extra...

Sometimes interesting things happen if you look back at old sketchbooks and follow a new...

Had to get the antique irons out for this one. Some patterns that I draw...

Working on drawings of old abandoned technology for another project, I was distracted when Russ...

I'm pleased that two of my quilts will be shown soon at the International...

My painting for the Open Doors invitational exhibit at the Creamery Arts Center features 7...

With one day left to finish my painting for the Open Doors invitational, I had...

I don't know why shoes are so fun to make out fabric. These are sort...

These mornings I try to get up early enough to ride my bike in the...

Luckily I have a great technical support team. Russ is my main got-your-back guy. He...

I've never really thought about that when I'm making art. When I have a show...

There's a little flower shop called "Blossoms" right on the way to the studio. I...

Madly getting ready for a big ArtsFiesta! banquet/party. It's a lot of work to clean...

Last weekend Fiberart International 2010 opened in Pittsburgh at two venues - the Pittsburgh Center...

This is a rendering for larger project to be made in fabric. I'm pretty happy...

Here's some pages from my Japan sketchbook. At the Kitain Temple in Kawagoe, there is...

My mom's birthday is coming up, so I recruited the help of my brothers and...

Recently back from Japan and still suffering jetlag... So it's nice to just veg out...

When traveling, it's difficult to find time to post and write about many things we...

1. Draw your food. It probably looks better than it tastes anyway, and confuses the...

This time I thought I'd start a journal right by working on the cover first!...

A short video of Mochi playing with a basketball in the snow outside the studio...

When I go to videotape an event, I usually sit on the back row or...

Here's a fun little project using watercolor paints. I bought a traveler's water color set...

There's not really much more to read here.... I just upgraded Wordpress on the blog and...

Here's what we did on New Year's Eve. I'd been drawing fireworks in the sky,...

Actually the photo came after the drawing, because I felt I hadn't fully captured the pathos.

I've been drawing stuff in the sky this week and looking at photos of space,...

The other night I got a little crazy with the scissors and whipped up some...

Thank you David Byrne for reminding me of this. I don't know if it's too...

It's that time of year (and rare) when I drag out all the cookbooks and...

It always seems to be same each year, that last minute dash to get the...

Clever name for a show, huh? Wish I'd thought of it. I didn't -- Mary O’Shaughnessy...

Candy and I have been corresponding via Twitter and blogs for a while, so I...

We get a LOT of kids at Halloween at our house -- something like 500+ ...

Not the kind of place you'd expect to attend a Slam Poetry workshop - a...

I was joking on Twitter the other day: Time to put on my cape and become...

Okay, I know I missed Friday. But I got absorbed in a Slam Poetry Workshop...

Two Japanese artists visited the studio during their Springfield trip to perform at the Japanese...

Kristin Hare of the St. Louis Beacon tours Quilt National 2009 at the Foundry Art...

I used to think that tag clouds were silly, but now I'm starting see what...

This has to be the best motel sign that I've seen in the midwest. During...

I'm not talking about appearances, I'm talking about structure. If you've been reading my blog,...

Once I took this class jointly taught by a poet and a photographer. The class...

Self-imposed Wordpress camp, that's where I've been the for the last couple of weeks. It's...

After renovating the studio last year, we've gone to a whole new aesthetic -- from...

Finally got the poster design done for the Japanese Fall Festival, coming up September 11-13....

Sure, becoming an artist is a long rough path with lots of hard knocks. We...

Don't know why I like these two photos so much. Maybe it's a little...

Last weekend at the opening of Modern Materials: The Art of the Quilt was a...

Here are some old photos I scanned to use in the introduction for my artist's...

4th of July weekend is usually pretty big around here. In our neighborhood, we like...

Twenty years ago we were married on a cliff called Battleship Rock, the place where...

Long ago I told Paper Dolls for Boys that I would post vintage photos...

When I first got into some art shows and was asked for an artist...

Encouraged by the flurry of comments about favorite cheese curl poses (thanks you guys,...

Who? That woman I told you about, the one with a big nose and Eiffel-Tower...

One night I woke and sat in semi-darkness, hoping by not turning on the lights,...

I'll tell you a little secret about my quilt that's going to be in the...

When I received the new Quilt National postcard, it reminded me the opening is soon...

Some of my distraction from creativity lately has been a pain in my foot. Apparently...

Yesterday I saw this flat cat in the neighbor's driveway, so I stopped the car...

Over the past few years I've been trying to get into the habit of keeping...

It's kind of embarrassing how many half-filled sketchbooks of all shapes and sizes that...

These are some drawings of people we traveled with or met on the trip. They're...

Waaay behind on posting these days. We flew away from snow and ice, and are...

The reception at William Woods turned out pretty good. Lots of family and friends showed...

No kidding, this morning I woke up to the sound of an alien ship landing...

Hey everyone, your attention please! William Woods University asked me to change the date of my...

Remember last year when I mentioned being struck down by ceramics by Lisa Naples? It...

Here I am with my installation pants on -- one side pocket holds my spy...

Yesterday was a beautiful snowy day, our first real one this year. Everything was covered...

If I was a genius, I'd invent silent Velcro. To avoid that embarrassment of opening...

will.i.am has new song out for the inauguration of President Obama today, but I still...

Sketchbooks of different sizes and proportions seem to inspire different types of drawing. I have...

Hey, there's my quilt on page 58 of the January-February issue of American Style magazine....

It's hard to take a photo of your own ankles. I finally did this one...

< portfolio cover - back > If only in my own mind, I've decided to reframe...

Usually I take a stab at re-organization at various times throughout the year, not just...

sketch from Gong Fu Teahouse Last year I chose three words to define my new...

Lots of ice on the trees as we drove north yesterday. I got a little...

Hoping everyone has been having a happy and peaceful holiday season. We've driven and shared...

What is humor? I been thinking about this question since I was asked to juror...

I've been asked to be juror for a exhibition called Sense of Humor, sponsored by...

Lately I've been busy with some projects that I've had no extra energy to blog......

Here's the flip side to a photo I posted in October -- Wired at Sunrise....

Got this in the mail the other day from the Fries Museum in the Netherlands....

Couldn't resist drawing this dream I had about Missouri last night. I'm glad I voted...