Doll Shop in El Cajon, CA

by | Dec 12, 2009 | inspiration

Before I moved back to CA, I was commissioned to paint from a 4″ x 6″ black & white photo of Liz Merryfield’s little sister, and paint it in color on a large canvas with oil paint. The little sister died of cancer when she was 37, and in this...

Logo for Artwork

by | Dec 12, 2009 | history

When my daughter Karen was 12 she was in the Childrens’ Hospital of New Orleans having major surgery on her back. Most the time there was no one in the other bed in her room and I was privileged to do some of my art work there. Six weeks in the hospital is a...

Janice Sachse New Orleans Art Museum

by | Dec 9, 2009 | history

In art school I had a friend (shown here in the striped blouse), who couldn’t paint very well, but she enjoyed playing with the colors. I didn’t think she could even understand the lessons at all. We belonged to this local art group in Morgan City, LA and...

Missouri Barn

by | Nov 28, 2009 | history, random stuff

I forgot to mention this particular painting of the barn in my previous post. It is an oil painting done with a limited palette and using a palette knife to paint with. It is nice to be able to create different paintings using the same barn. This limited palette...

Dramatic Way to Paint

by | Nov 27, 2009 | history

When I would go to visit my parents in Missouri there was an old barn that I photographed on the way to their place in the Ozarks. I used this barn  in some of my paintings. It was interesting to watch this barn change through the years, but never got another photo...