Of all the things I miss about Texas, fields of bluebonnets has to be toward the top of the list. Luckily, I was able to visit last month...

Whether it's cocktails, fruit salad, or life in general, count me in for more cherries. As if cherries aren't cheery enough, I gave these...

This one is for my cousins Brett and Eric, both of whom passed away, far too soon, within a month of one another. I hope this helps their...

Living in West Michigan, we get more than our fair share of grey skies. So sometimes you have to look a little harder to find the color....

I love painting sun on snow. There's something about contrasting the warm yellows with the cool blues that's very satisfying. Add to it a...

After a bit of a dry spell, I enjoyed getting back in the studio and bringing to life this first holiday piece of the year. I like the...

After a little hiatus from the studio, I thoroughly enjoyed bringing this scene to life. I started off thinking this cabin would be...

I've officially kicked off the summer trail exploration season. I love searching, choosing, and exploring a new trail each week. I...

When it finally feels like summer, I feel this lift in my spirit, like the feeling I got as a child when someone would take me by the...

The Eastern blue birds seem to be following me on my walks these days. I'd like to think they'd visit me at a window like this, but this...

William Wordsworth's lyric poem, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" has been a steady companion of mine for decades, and I think of it every...

I'm enjoying this warm weekend, but I'm not quite ready to say goodbye to winter. So I captured this winter scene to hold on just a...

The first in my "Door to..." series. I think about all the doors that present themselves to us. Some we enter; some we don't. Some we...

I may not live in Central Texas anymore, but I still look forward to fields of bluebonnets and buttercups.

This is Barkley. He greets me on my neighborhood walk, pointing northward, encouraging me to get all my steps in. He lives across from a...

A snowy cabin in the woods is about as dreamy as it gets for me. I particularly enjoyed playing with the snow shadows in this piece.

I've had these oil stick abstracts around for a while, and finally landed on how I wanted to use them. Cutting them into an abstract,...

Not to get too art-geeky, but I'm loving how the simplicity of composition contrasts with the complexity of the various brush strokes in...

Another take on the warm and inviting prairie view outside mom's new place. A little more sun, a little less foreground.

I recently visited Crystal Mountain in Michigan just as the first impatient leaves were beginning to yield to the call of Autumn.