Artist, Author, Television Host, Producer, and Songwriter.
Wow what an incredibly creative and lively class at Southside School this week! The students have only a few weeks to go before they are out for the summer, and they are sooooo ready for vacation. They had wonderful energy and it was a great session. This week we worked with Daniel Smith oil…
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Thanks so much to Mrs. Romiti and the Southside Foundation for awarding me a grant to teach art to her 7th grade students at Southside School! This is my third residency at Southside , and I am so honored to be able to work with Mrs. Romiti. That she always has a great group…
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I recently received a commission for one of my abstract landscapes. The collectors gave me free rein to create. They asked only that it be a vertical 24″ x 36″, colorful, have some depth perspective, and tactile texture. I love these sorts of commissions where I can experiment. Inspired, I decided to create two so…
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The charming chairs I’ve created for charity have proved to be really popular. So much so, that I have been receiving commissions for funky chairs from people who do not wish to wait for a charity event. Like all commissioned work, sometimes people give me free reign, other times they are very specific in their…
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Announcing a great escape… Shannon’s Art Parties! Thank you to all the people who have taken the time to contact me and suggest this concept. I think it’s a great idea and feel that we are all going to have a great time! I’ll be adding new escapes regularly, so check back here…
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I’ve always liked working on many paintings at once. They all take me different places, and when I have several in progress, chances are I’ll be in the mood for at least one of them. However, for the last year and a half, I’ve not had the space to work on more than a couple…
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Everybody is cutting costs these days. And I was especially ruthless with my budget this year. But when it came time to paying my membership dues for the Hollister Downtown Association, I was happy to write the check. These folks are a tremendous force in our community. They do more than revitalize downtown, they revitalize…
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I sure am! I started two powerful commissions last month, and much as I’d like to show the progression of the work in progress, I can’t share them until they are approved by the clients. Ooooh it’s been hard to keep quiet about them! Today I was inspired to do something with this papier-mâché mask.…
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One of my very first patrons was Brian Finney. Brian was a beautiful soul, fabulous hairdresser and we became dear friends as the years passed. Every month, Brian worked his magic on my hair, and on my soul. He was a great listener and friend and probably saved me a ton of money in…
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Joyce Cutler of the Painted Mountain Ranch came to me last month with a really fun commission! Joyce brought in a couple of enamelware platters and asked if I would be able to paint a portrait of her parents on one of them. I love painting people and I also love enamelware so I was…
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If you were to create a line graph about my painting sessions, there would be vertical growth with many a zig and many a zag. Today was a zag day. I seemed to get stuck in the mud. Here’ where I started today… And here’s how I ended … It really is hard to tell…
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“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” — Jack London Today I did not start with a “clean slate.” I created two paintings on gessobord that had been accidentally smeared with paint. As I painted, I thought of how life is like that for me, and I laughed.…
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I rarely paint from other people's photographs, but when I saw this photograph of Caitlin Duffy, taken by her father, Bob, I
New to First Fridays? Here's the description from the Hollister Downtown Association's website: "On the first Friday of each
Leslie David filmed the opening reception at Blak Sage Gallery, and created a wonderful short video about the Open Studio
It was a day of starts and a day of finishes, and nothing in between. Larry Paddy and Maeve are finally complete. Yeah I
Wow what an incredibly creative and lively class at Southside School this week! The students have only a few weeks to go
Joe's Lane seems to be a place of healing for many people, myself included. Enjoy~ Lyrics Joe's Lane
I am so excited about the debut of our first music CD collaboration, Virtually Possible! The proof arrived
It's that time of year again, when the artists of San Benito County share their heartwork with the public! Please save
Some milestone events happen without warning and change your life forever. Others you can see coming a mile away. And you
Monkey Made of Sockies has had his portrait painted twice with the guitar. It may very well be his favorite instrument to
Special thanks go out to Jenn Ostenson and the Cerra Vista PTO for booking me for an Author Visit last month. It
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