From Procrastination to Creation

I’ve never been much of a procrastinator, until recently. For the last three months I’ve been “procrasti-painting.”  I don’t know who coined the word procrasti…

Love Poems in a Painting

Natalie’s Love Poem Painting…

Four Ways to Build Your Creative Muscles

Creativity is a Muscle We all have it. Some of us are body builders and long distance runners, and others are couch potatoes when it comes to how we use…

Inspired Action

I find that if an inspired idea hits me and I don’t take action then it fizzles out or gets run over by the million other ideas that are…

Invoking the Muse

Where do ideas come from? Do they come from within or without? The answer is a little of both. I think “creative block” happens when we…

All It Takes is 5 Minutes

It used to be that when I got the urge to design or paint something — I also got the urge to go shopping for art supplies. I couldn’t start…

Solo Exhibit at Hamilton Wenham Public Library

I am thrilled to be offered a solo exhibit at the Hamilton Wenham Public Library, which will run from September 6 through October 30, 2023. The theme of the exhibit…

Intuitive Painting Part 2 – Middle Mayhem

You don’t suck – it’s just the messy middle! As a painter, did you know that the “messy middle” is a common occurrence? But what is…

Intuitive Painting Part 1 – Starts & Stalls

I’ve found there are three places where the creative process and intuitive painting can get tricky: the beginning, middle and end. I start painting with joyful abandon but…

Anxious Nelly vs Knowing Nora 

I’m marveling at the synchronicity of pulling the Deer Medicine card this morning, an animal that symbolizes gentleness, when yesterday I wrote and posted an article called, Art Making…

Art Making is a Gentle Teacher

If I mess up, it doesn’t yell at me or berate me. If anything, it seems to delight in the mess of creation. Every tentative mark, bold gesture, and…

Get to Know Your Intuitive “Green Lights”

It’s 2018 and a bright blue-sky day as I drive from Kill Devil Hills towards Nags Head in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I’m tired…

The Juice is in the Middle

Making Room for Spirit The more I paint, the more I realize that while beginning and endings are exciting, the real juice of the journey is in the middle. This…

New Understandings in Finding Joy

Why is it so difficult to follow our joy? I keep circling back to this question a lot because while it may sound frivolous, I’ve come to believe…

New Art Marketing Group Forms to Help Artists Shine

Announcing the formation of Shine Art Marketing Group, a free goal-oriented monthly support group for artists and makers. There will be an informational meeting on Tuesday, November 15, from…

Painting on Greeting Cards Raises Money for CASA

One of my good friends was a CASA volunteer for a number years here in New Hampshire. CASA recruits, trains and supervises volunteers to serve as advocates for…

A Collaboration of Painting & Poetry

Poet Lorna Simes purchased and wrote a poem inspired by my painting Hearts Rising as part of the Image & Imagination exhibit. The ekphrastic exhibit, a collaborative art & poetry…

Painting to Raise Money for Seacoast Veterans

Spring Dance No 2 painting to the Fuel for Vets live art auction, which is being hosted by the Kingston Community library on October 16th. Dannielle Genovese, a very…

Wonder & Delight in the Winter Woods

I really don’t like the cold, but when it snows, the outdoors is a magical place to be. We went for a walk in the woods Sunday morning…

Searching for Moose in My Home Town

When members of my home town’s community Facebook page started posting photos of moose in their backyards and on local roads, my son George and I took the woods…