So, I grew up spending the majority of my weekends on the beaches of Key Biscayne. I am a beach girl…though I stay under and umbrella and wear an SPF 50 hat and put on SPF 45…I love the beach. I love the smell of it, the feel of it, the sound of it…everything. I…

This is a sketch of “Ham and Eggs” Ham and Eggs came about because a friend of mine from grad school, Hillary, was talking with her step-son about my PB&J painting. He is allergic to peanuts…and thought it would be funny to do Ham and Eggs…since he CAN eat them! So…here you have it…the sketch…

Yes, as Maria taught us all in The Sound of Music, “…let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start. When you read you being with ABC, when you sing you begin with Do Re Mi..” and when I paint I begin with a sketch. Here’s a look inside my sketch book….

So I go to DC…and naturally I come back coveting certain things… such as a pair of Jack Rogers in gold…or silver…or…a pair of Minnetonka thunder bird mocs in brown suede…and last…but not least… I want a new one of these…because my original got apple sauce spiled all over it years ago by a family…

There are things in this life of mine that make me happy…my husband, my dog, my family, my art supplies…my shoes…my bags…my baubles… I think I like these things because no matter how thin or pudgy I get or feel…these things always make me feel a bit sparkly and fab. One of my greatest bauble…

I was 4 years old when I first saw Michael Jackson grace the TV screen as he girated along with a band of zombies in his Thriller album. I remember seeing the album…and how it open up like a grand triptych… I grew up on MJ…and he’s always been with me in some shape or…

There are various animals that I adore…most are fairy tale animals, such as our friend the Frog Prince. I have several Frog Prince figurines in my office at home…and I have been meaning to paint him. So this summer he made the list. I think I’ll keep the color combo and make his crown metallic….

So tonight I started all the official sketching for summer painting. I also finalized the list of what I am going to paint…and friends, it’s going to be a BUSY couple of months for this one. I have decided that in July I am going to focus on the gifts and commissioned paintings…of which there…

Last night I fell asleep at 10:00 pm without blogging for the day…I was tie-tie (Dubonics). Anyhow—so today I have been prepping for my clothes swap with friends. I have been doing this with museum folk–but my friends fell in love with the idea, so tonight I am hosting 8 of my closest girlfriends and…

So I was inspired alot while in DC… even before I landed I filled my sketch book with 3 pages of sketches. Here you can see some of the things I drew on the plane… On Saturday night I sat on the couch with Jess and told her all the things I wanted to paint…