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Art is More than Art
I just received a wonderful email from a customer who came through my booth several months ago at Portland Saturday Market He sent me a...
Jan 13, 20232 min read


Thriving Despite It All
"I had to make reckless decisions to tear down the life I was living in order to create the new life I wanted instead," I said to some...
Jan 11, 20235 min read


Be the Rain : the story of a painting
I found a big wood cradle board of artwork measuring three by three feet in one of those donation type stores where you go hounding for...
Jun 5, 20213 min read


KITCHEN TABLE ART SCHOOL
Many full-time artists felt the call to art from a young age and made the trek through art school. Then, there is the rest of us. I did...
May 27, 20212 min read


Am I Really an Artist?
"I am not really an artist," I said to a friend recently. "I am an art seller... I make art. I sell art... " Of course I am playing with...
May 8, 20212 min read


Failing Forward
It was dawn. I could just see a trace of sunrise sneaking in under the window blind. Had I really stayed up all night? I had been...
Apr 28, 20215 min read


Body Love and Art
Little assholes, I muttered to myself as I stomped to my car as best I could lugging a vacuum cleaner and my cleaning bucket. I had...
Mar 8, 20214 min read


Living a Creative Centered Life
I converted my detached garage and moved in Thanksgiving Week 2019. My main house is filled with young renters including my daughter and...
Jan 14, 20212 min read
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