"genevieve" 6 x 6 inches, acrylic on canvas.This is the final painting of Genevieve on canvas. I use the sketch as a transfer to the canvas. Then using the original photo and the sketch as reference I work on the portrait.(3 x 3 on photopaper)(original photo converted...

"switched at birth" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.View whole series on flickr.

"genevieve" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Commissioned by my friend, Kristin Shears, owner of Willo North Gallery, to paint her daughter. This is the preliminary sketch for her approval. Then on to a 6 x 6 canvas.

"would you have liked me better if..." 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.This series will explore the ideas of expectations, roles and socially acceptable stereotyping. It holds a personal meaning for me and my daughter. It's not gender specific. Expectations from...

"how can you know what's underneath my coat?" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. Further thought on the prospect of painting just clothes lead to this new image of an empty coat. But today, my daughter was affected by encountering some very male chauvinist attitude...

"little red dress" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Inspiration comes from many places and so in reading Covet Garden magazine's 23rd issue my friend Shari and I were struck by the wonderful simplicity of the red dress painted by Iza Mokrosz (page 28). We agreed...

"conserve" 5.5 x 3.5 inches, collage on paper.Spent an afternoon making collages at the studio of my friend and neighbor, Roberta Hancock. She is an artist, who is currently doing a series of paintings called Thumbs Up, soon to be on exhibit at Phoenix Sky Harbor...

"excusez moi, mon cher pipo, vous avez du feu?" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.  Leo & Pipo are friends of mine on flickr. That's not their real names. But they are real people who have been friends for a very long time. You can read about them here....

What a joy to have a granddaughter who loves some of the same things I love. Making art and learning french are two of these activities. I must confess that even though I have studied in high school and college, (and even private lessons) my french is pretty rusty,...

"it is too dangerous to get out with a machine" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.The Letter to Earl now comes to a close, Mother signs off and adds a post script to let Earl know about the weather. When I finish with a series I can't help but feel some sense of...

"not now" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Letter to Earl continues:  Clarence Geeting told pop that James is still laying on his back and cannot walk yet but he is improving slowly. They can't go to see him as he don't want them to come. When they leave he is...

"did he ever come home" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Letter to Earl continues: Anna Cassady told me today that Harold is in India. She got a letter that was written Christmas and another that was wrote since. Up next: James cannot walk.More images on flickr.