Oils, and my most recent favorite obsession, ‘Ampersand ‘ gessoboard wood panels. It’s beautifully primed with just a small bit of surface teeth.
I’m fascinated with the 40’s, which is demonstrated in my Sepia Series. My next series is going to be titled ‘Smoked’ which continues that thread of the forties and will include quite a bit of the color ‘payne’s gray’. I think I should have been born four decades earlier.
All of my life…well, most of it.
I used to obsess over getting every small detail correct and I badly needed to get outside of my own tightly knit box. So Janis H Sanders, this very cool artist that I was taking palette knife lessons from, once told me “it’s only color.” I think at that moment I finally got it.
My studio is in my home. It’s small but has so much light and a balcony that overlooks the very pretty Church Street.
I went to school years ago for graphic design and did work as a graphic illustrator for a small Tallahassee advertising agency back in the day. I loved the creative process involved with designing logos and print ads, etc.
Always music and very eclectic. To this day I still torture my kids with my iPod.
and cafe’s. It’s a very walkable town.
Olessia Maximenko. I discovered her work in a bistro in Charleston, South Carolina.
I’d be searching for the devil so I could sell my soul to become one.
Artist, homemaker, and when my daughter’s around, chauffeur.
I try to collect a small painting from local artists in every new town or city that I travel to so that when I see this art on my walls, I connect the memory of the place and what that felt like to me at that moment in time.
Any Lillian Bassman gelatin silver photograph. Love her!
Markus Zusak, Anita Diamant, Stephen Chbosky.
Worked for many years in pencil/graphite until I found my true love in oils.
#18 Langnickel Supreme oil bright brush.
I do use them occasionally. They help to keep me on a more abstract path.
Biggest influence in my life?
My grandmother, also an artist. Through example, Evelyn taught me so much about life, love, and becoming an artist.