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...

I began the Whimseys a couple of years ago after I lost a very big commission :-(. Discouraged, I looked around at all the beautiful...

Here I am painting at Galbraith lake which is North of the Brooks Range in the North Slope of Alaska. As you can see, it was cold! The...

I've been working away on some final pieces in anticipation of the Ojai Studio Artists Studio Tour this weekend. It's interesting to...

As a late-blooming, self-taught maker of art, I take instruction and inspiration wherever I can find it — art fairs, gallery crawls,...