A slight digression from both sugar canes and Nairobi prostitutes, I had to dive deep into the garden to get inspiration for this latest batch of paintings. I am fascinated with the color and shape of Kenyan flowers- some are like typical American blooms, and others have a ruggedness and wildness that… read more.

I feel a strong need to get back to the process of painting and the simplification of forms. Feeling very Georgio Morandi at the moment. I am going to gather up some green tangerines and some mangoes and some crockery and sit with those shapes and volumes this weekend. A kind of meditative palette-cleansing… read more.

I want to apologize for not blogging sooner-- I have been deeply engrossed in a painting that is the first in a series of Nine Muses.    My husband is either to credit (or to blame) for kick-starting this latest series, which represents a pretty sharp departure from my earlier work. I had… read more.

In the past few months I have decided to spend some energy marketing my art in addition to my 40-hour a week studio practice. Instead of finding this draining and detracting from my painting, I actually am finding that it energizes me and it helps to see what people are responding to. I feel sure that… read more.

Yesterday I hopped in the Land Rover with easel and paintbox, and a couple of nice square linen canvases, hoping to capture some of the essential Kenya that I am falling in love with here. There are tea plantations on these lovely, high-altitude rolling hills, and the variety of greens in the misty atmosphere… read more.

So, I was in the Land Rover today driving out to pick up my three favorite large works from the frame shop and I realized that not many friends have driven out into this area of Kenya. I found this "Fundi" (a Kiswahili word meaning craftsperson) through a taxi driver in Nairobi, and quickly realized… read more.

I have been doing some more reading up on Paul Gauguin, mostly because people keep telling me that I paint like him. I like that (please keep telling me that!!). Well, there is a reason I guess- he used and I use nearly the same palette. For you art geeks out there, painters often use the same colors… read more.