Inktober 2

The month of October has come to a close and that means the Inktober 2021 drawing challenge is officially yesterday’s news. I had to get creative (and a little silly!), but I did complete the challenge – yay! Here’s this year’s prompt list again as a quick reminder of what the participating artists were up […]

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Inktober

If you are an artist, you are probably familiar with the social media phenomenon that is Inktober. Inktober is a 31 day challenge that encourages artists to complete an ink drawing every day during the month of October. That’s it. Really! It is kind of wonderful in that there is only the pressure to complete […]

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Amabie

A few weeks ago, I read an article about how artists were recreating a Japanese yokai in order to ward off the looming epidemic.  I know that sentence sounds a little crazy, but hear me out. The article explained that Amabie, a mythical creature in Japanese culture, would visit a town or village to warn […]

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Creative Online Resources

Today’s post is all about creative learning resources that can be found online.  If you are bored with Netflix and Hulu and want to do something a bit more interactive, these resources may help. The Tate family of galleries in the U.K. posts a new video each week to their YouTube channel.  The topics are […]

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Degas: The Private Impressionist

A few weeks ago I visited the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, FL to view the exhibition Degas: The Private Impressionist.  I then wrote about it for ArtScene Press.  Here is a brief excerpt of that article… The preliminary sketches and studies in this exhibit exemplify Degas’ masterful draftsmanship, and some drawings could stand as […]

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The Whimsy of Dr. Seuss

The “Seuss Whimsy Art Show” hosts its artist reception and meet-and-greet this Saturday, July 22nd from 1:00-4:00pm at Osceola Arts in Kissimmee, FL.  My painting, “Frances McFeather,” is included in this show and I am very excited!  The Director of Visual Arts, Marilyn Cortes-Lovato, was kind enough to give a few of the artists (myself […]

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