Passion Flower Essence

Passiflora Incarnata For the last year or so, I have been deep in the planing of a very exciting and spiritually based art project that is very dear to my heart.  I have asked a dozen or so women I know to help collaborate and be my models for a huge series of paintings I…

A Quick Trip to the Woods

I recently got to have a little visit with some of my favorite flowers. Ah, dear foam flower.  Sorry the picture is so washed out- I only had my phone to take pictures with.   You can see foam flower around the log and across the creek. There was so much of it!  I sat…

Nettles Harvest

It’s hard to say what my favorite part of being an herbalist is.   It’s empowering to know that we all have the ability to heal and nourish ourselves with simple little plants that grow all around us as weeds.  Being an herbalist opens your eyes to the world around you in a different way….

Skinny Dip Falls

Lynn and I were headed to Skinny Dip Falls to look for trout lily. It wasn’t blooming yet.  We sat by the falls, enjoyed refreshments, and soaked up the beauty of the falls. Sometimes the sun shone brightly down. It was a pleasantly warm day.  The water was ice cold.  I did not get in….

15/52 A Portrait a Week

Heidi in a yarrow crown.  Every drawing is a lesson.  

14/52 A Portrait a Week plus Atlanta’s High Museum

First off: A quick sketch of dear Frida as my portrait this week.  The weekend before last, Kurt and I headed to Atlanta to see the wonderful exhibit the High Museum has of 120 paintings and drawings by Frida and Diego.  It was wonderful!  I highly recommend it- even if you’re not sure you are…

Oconee Bells

Have you met Oconee Bells? If you are lucky enough to live in Asheville, all you have to do to find it is walk along the Botanical Garden’s wooded path and you’ll find a big stand of them. If you live elsewhere it might be a little harder… It turns out that it is a…

6/52 A Portrait a Week

“The Light Within, the Light Without” Detail: Oil on Canvas 36″ x 24″ And here are some process shots for how I got here: Many thanks to my friend who allowed me to snatch this picture off her Facebook page and turn it into a painting. This and many other paintings will be on display…

Lately

While it’s been several weeks since I’ve posted, I’ve still been making all kinds of things in the studio.  Lately, it was piles of Christmas gifts- lots of sewing happening. With the calmness of January, I have finally started my new painting project.  “The Muse” has asked that I not reveal too much of it…

Elk in Progress

I started a new embroidery piece.  You can see on the left the sketch I did in colored pencil, the piece in progress on the hoop in the center, and the reference photo on my computer.  It’s been a lot of fun so far, I find myself fantasizing about when I’ll have more time to…