Painted Pumpkins

To be perfectly honest, I can’t remember ever carving a pumpkin for Halloween.  My parents made us stop celebrating Halloween when I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade, so it wasn’t until I was an adult that I was able to return to the best holiday of the year. Knives and gourds make me […]

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Painting in the Pumpkin Patch!

Picking out the perfect pumpkins for spooky season??? This year, don’t gouge your gourds and don’t jack-knife those jack-o-lanterns – PAINT your PUMPKINS! Join me on Tuesday, October 15th from 5:00-6:30pm for a pumpkin painting party!  You’ll find me in the pumpkin patch at St. Luke’s UMC in Orlando. Purchase your pumpkins from the patch […]

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Kids & Pablo Picasso

Cubism isn’t the easiest art concept to explain to adults, let alone to kids.  Does that mean we should refrain from teaching children challenging art theories?  Of course not!  At the recent Take pART event at St. Luke’s UMC, I wrote a brief explanation of Cubism to accompany a kids’ art activity called “Picasso Pizzazz.”  […]

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Artist Alley

Take pART: A Festival of the Arts took place this past Saturday and I am so very pleased with the results.  When you spend months planning an event, the minutes before the doors open can be the most nerve-wracking… there is that sad and scary thought, “What if no one shows up???” Thankfully, attendance was not […]

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Special Guest

I am so honored to be a special guest speaker in St. Luke’s summer programming series, Wednesday Nite Lite, this Wednesday, July 11th.  Wednesday Nite Lite offers the St. Luke’s congregation and the local Central Florida community a relaxed atmosphere to enjoy a home-cooked meal, fun learning opportunities and activities for every member of the […]

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Explore Your Creative Side!

This past Sunday I was invited to paint LIVE during two services at St. Luke’s UMC in Orlando, FL as a way of promoting their upcoming Take pART event.  I am honored and humbled to be a member of the planning committee for this event and the curator of the Fine Art Gallery area of […]

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Take pART Festival

Please join me for this inaugural event hosted by St. Luke’s United Methodist Church! Take pART 2018 A Festival of the Arts Saturday, July 14, 2018 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. All artists are invited to submit artwork for display in the Fine Art Gallery section of the Inaugural Take pART 2018 Festival of the […]

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