New Painting: "A Child Will Lead Them"

I've already posted this new painting on social media but in today's post, I'd like to share a bit more the story behind it and also some of my painting progress shots.  While my son finally got into a full-time daycare this past April, I had my 7-year-old daughter home with me all summer. My ongoing struggle always seems to be how to balance motherhood with doing what I’m most passionate about: painting. If you’re the type who believes art isn’t necessary, then it’s easy to write off my struggle as ridiculous: of course family and home should come first. Why are you still painting at all?? But if you’re like me and art is as necessary as oxygen… then you know the struggle is real.  This summer, I started taking Cecelia along for more and more of my painting excursions. I though… Read more »

New Painting: "A Child Will Lead Them"

Reckless Abandon

We've been in Colorado for over eight months now, and since we only live one mile from my twin sister, she and I trade babies off and on so that each of us can get some time to ourselves. It's a perfect system, really. BONUS: I now have another young model to paint. One day while I was watching Emily's daughter Ansley, I got out some finger paints. My own daughter was very apprehensive about them, and as soon as she got her hands dirty, she immediately held them out to me and whined for me to clean them off! Ansley, however, dove in with reckless abandon and loved every second of the beautiful mess! Thus, this painting was inspired. I just finished it a couple of days ago, and I'll share here a bit of the process that went into it. Since my time at the easel is usually bro… Read more »

Reckless Abandon