

Happy Belated Opening, Frozen!
The annoying thing about commissions is that frequently, the painting is being gifted and I can't share it until the recipient sees it....


Art as Gifts - A First Anniversary
I realized I've been remiss posting my fall and holiday commissions. Here's the first! It took a year of painting professionally for it...


45th Street
The view down 45th street is one of my favorite midtown Manhattan views. Not only does it almost always mean I'm on my way to...


Brooklyn Bridge Park at Night
I did this commission last month, and had a blast with it. It was supposed to depict a June night at the River Cafe (the gal...


"How to Avoid a Wedding Registry:" Part 2
Yesterday's post reminded me of another gift I did last September that I never posted! It was for a friend living in Alabama, and sadly...


Art as Gifts, or "How to Avoid a Wedding Registry"
Last weekend one of my best friends got married, and true to form, nosy me looked through their wedding registry before completely...


Day and Night
There's this one really great view of Grand Central with the Chrysler building behind it that just speaks to me. A few months back I came...


Art as Gifts: Commission Edition #4
This is one I did a couple of months back. It was destined to be a gift for my client's Mother-in-Law for all her help putting together...


Hanging Nasturtiums
This month I got to go up and visit two of my closest friends in Boston, and a bonus of visiting them is we almost always visit the...


Fun discoveries!
This week I was tidying up and reorganizing a lot of my closets and drawers, and while finding a new home for my ever-growing art paper...