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This is the last month that I will have an outside studio. I’ve decided to move back to my house to work as I navigate transitioning from a metalworking artist to a watercolor artist. Whew…big exhale here. I’ve been making metal jewelry for 20 years. This month, I decided to slowly stop making jewelry and pivot to something that I will most likely be exploring for the rest of my life. Watercolors. There are huge changes afoot in my life, and I’ve felt them coming for the last couple of years. When my husband’s father died, I knew that his death signaled a transition inRead More →

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I had my first class swimming with the big fish of the area watercolorists here in Roanoke yesterday. Am I ready to take this class? Probably not. I saw some work in there that I won’t be able to do for…possibly years. Or ever. But I figure if I’m able to absorb just a little of what I experienced in class as I continue to paint, then it’s worth being a small fish in a big pond. I know, from my experience making jewelry, that the only way to execute what is in my mind and marry that with my actual ability is time. HowRead More →