What a beautiful weekend in Ojai — sunshine, art lovers, and a whole lot of good conversation. The three-day  Ojai Studio Artists Open Studio Tour  was a blast, and I’m deeply grateful to everyone who stopped by. Highlights included the  first public showing of  The Big Roundie  — a seven-foot rotating landscape that spun all weekend long (among the questions asked: does it tell your fortune? is it a portal to another dimension?)— plus a table full of my  illustrated journals and sketchbooks...

I’m excited to have had many requests for classes/workshops for plein air painting.

I'm happy to let you know that I’ll be offering some options for guided art fun in the outdoors—getting out to paint the . . .

My husband's first camera was a Kodak Retina S1, that still sits on a shelf in our home, standing proud, heavy and small. But what a big deal it was for him as a 6th grader when his father bought it for his birthday. The Kodak simplified. . ..

We had marvelous conversations with so many visitors during this October tour from Insights about Turner and Rothko, my two favorite artists, to discussions about Bergamot Station galleries. Our senior dog . . .

One of the most rewarding parts of the tour was responding to your thoughtful questions. I wanted to share a few that came up most often, along with my reflections. "Where do you start?" . . .

This year's Studio Tour was by far one of the best in years! The turnout was terrific with great conversations with many new and returning art lovers. . .

This is a picture of one of my pieces in the Fall Tour Brochure - above my add. I could not believe it when a couple walked in to the studio, held up the brochure and said we are buying this. . .

What attracts one to a representational painting? The composition, values, play of light and shadows, brushwork , and color are all extremely important . . .

The morning began wrapped in mist—the air was cool enough to carry the scent of eucalyptus and damp earth. I set up across the road from...

I say that every time I move studios, but this truly is my dream studio. Im organizing the stacks of paintings and asking the spiders to...