Still Life

Good morning from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is doing well this fine early fall day. Short post today. I’m working on two pet portraits, and should have them finished by next week. While work was slow, I did another still life. I know that realistic still lifes are not as popular now…

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A Birthday Surprise

Good afternoon from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is having a great week and getting ready for Halloween. Sadly, the time changes this weekend as well, so my sleep schedule will be off for the next couple of weeks. Sleep physicians say that standard time is the best for us. Recent proposals to…

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New Guy Just Out

Good afternoon from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is enjoying the mild weather we are having. Unfortunately, it’s also brought a severe drought. The latest long range forecast I saw shows a wetter than normal November, so maybe the dry conditions will end soon. Apologies for being MIA the last couple of weeks.…

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Nice to Paint Flowers

Good afternoon from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is doing well. We had the first false fall last week. Now back to summer. We should have three or four more false falls before we finally get to the real cool weather. Looking forward to the leaves changing. Always a favorite time of the…

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Finally, Fall

Good morning from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is doing well. So happy to see the oppressive heat breaking this week. Maybe we can start seeing fall-like weather. I haven’t posted for a couple of weeks. I’ve gotten some paintings done, but they are surprise presents and I can’t post them yet. I…

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Hot as Hades

Good afternoon from my studio in East Nashville. I hope everyone is staying safe in this oppressive heat. I went out to the Y to work out and then the art store to get some paints I was out of, and it wasn’t too bad. Then I just took the trash to the curb and…

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New Work

Good afternoon from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is doing well. I know for almost everyone this has been a sad week. We lost a truly wonderful person with the passing of Dolly Parton. She had so much talent and used it to make the lives of so many better. Not sure there…

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A New Piece for a Fundraiser

Good morning from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is having a good morning and enjoying the slight reprieve from the miserable heat we’ve been having. I’m a Nashville native and understand August in Nashville, but this one has been off the charts. Hopefully, the oppressive heat has broken. Looks like I’ll be part…

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A Canadian House

Good afternoon from my studio in East Nashville. I hope everyone is staying safe in the terrible heat. Looks like we’ll be baking for the foreseeable future. All of which is not good. I’m happy to say that all three pieces in the Tomato Art Festival show sold. I’m so appreciative of the people who…

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Tomatoes Are A’Comin’

Good afternoon from my studio in East Nashville. The Tomato Art Festival is this weekend. Meg has been posting photos of the show – it looks fantastic! I’m honored, as always, to be a part of this event. I encourage everyone to come out this weekend and see the art – and the many vendors…

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