Journal Pages
My journals are a way of finding my footing and keeping my artistic juices flowing. I try to do a sketch or paint or even just scribble every day. I don’t always succeed. If I take a workshop, my journal is a way to test out the new ideas and techniques I’ve just seen. Sometimes, my journal pages surprise the heck out of me. Because they’re “just journal pages” there’s no pressure. No worries about “wasting” paint or canvas. They won’t be for sale and they are just for me. It’s pure play. And they are a wonderful record of my journey.

Oil Pastel on Paper

Oil Pastel on Paper

Oil Pastel on paper

Oil Pastel on paper

Figure Study - Watercolor on Paper

Figure Study - Watercolor on Paper

Experiment with gouache underpainting, masking and oil pastels

Inspired by my visit to see the Monet & Mitchell exhibit at the St. Louis Art Museum 2023

Landscape - Acrylic on paper

Landscape - Acrylic on paper

Landscape - acrylic on paper

A charming kitty at my hotel in Casablanca, Morocco October 2021

A sketch of my niece, Lily

In 2019 I went to see the "All the Rembrandts" exhibit at the Rijks Museum, in Amsterdam. May 2019 and was inpsired to work on my drawing skills

Tiny little watercolor study at a lavender farm 2022

Study of a Munnings painting. Oil on paper

Another study, head and neck only of a Munnings painting. Oil on paper

An exercise in a limited palette. Watercolor on paper

An exercise in a limited palette. Watercolor on paper

An exercise in a limited palette. Watercolor on paper

An exercise in a limited palette. Watercolor on paper

Exploring composition - Asymetric

Exploring composition - Constellation

Exploring composition - Cruciform

Exploring composition - Diagonal

Exploring composition - Grid

Exploring composition - Horizontal (and maybe S Curve)

Exploring composition - L Shape

Exploring composition - Organic

Exploring composition - S Curve

Exploring composition - Vertical

Rapid ink sketches - Lincoln City 2023

Rapid ink sketches - Lincoln City 2023

Rapid ink sketches - Lincoln City 2023

Sieger grazing

Painted just after the World Cup Dressage in Omaha, NE 2023

Painted just after the World Cup Dressage in Omaha, NE 2023

Painted just after the World Cup Dressage in Omaha, NE 2023

Painted just after the World Cup Dressage in Omaha, NE 2023

Painted just after the World Cup Dressage in Omaha, NE 2023



Exploring painting on a slick surface. This is on a "page" of a discarded child's board book. So interesting how the paint just skates across the surface

Another board book page. The slickness of the surface was so interesting to work on.

Playing with nude abstracts

Playing with nude abstracts

Playing with nude abstracts

Fun with collage - Proposal Rock, Neskowin, OR

Proposal Rock detail