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...

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

For the first time, I’ll be showing The Big Roundie, a seven-foot rotating painting. . .