Third Eye Samurai

Third Eye Samurai

I have been going through much healing lately and one of the ways I have been doing this is to meditate on my chakras, by using the lovely chakra meditation “Running the Rainbow”, by Laura Alden Kamm. There are seven main centers of the body, each one a spiral of energy. Each chakra is represented [...]

My Drug of Choice #paint52

Dark Night of the Soul

I knew I love color, but I just realized I’m and addict. I’m a color junkie. Color is my drug of choice. Honestly, I have been expressing how much I love color and that is what my paintings are about, but didn’t realize how much or the depth of truth in which I said it. [...]

Who am I writing for?

Valley of the Heart

With a commitment to building a more vibrant blog, I signed up for the 4-week Blog Triage class with Cynthia Morris and Alyson Stanfield. Today’s assignment is to describe the people I want to visit and read my blog. This is difficult for me to pinpoint exactly who should read my blog, but I will [...]

Gli alberi di una bambina #paint52

Gli Aberi di una Bambina

Trees of a little girl is the translation of the title. When I was three and a half years old I moved from New Jersey City, where my father was stationed at Fort Monmouth, to Adak, Alaska, part of the chain of the Aleutian Islands. To say that we were living in a remote area [...]

Lover’s Leaf #paint52

Lover's Leaf

I have the most beautiful Chinese Maple in front of my house. Early spring weather has brought it into full bloom already. It’s magnificent and as usual I attempted to see if I could express its beauty. Sometimes that’s the problem with painting nature. It’s almost impossible to make it as beautiful. In fact, my [...]

Pushing the Limit #paint52

In Between

After painting quite a few figure paintings, I felt I needed to release by painting some landscapes. Landscapes are my first love, although I do love doing people too. I am still on a journey to paint loosely. This years challenge to paint 52 paintings in one year, is pushing me to do just that. [...]

Twitter Followers #paint52

Twitter Followers

I was enticed to paint this painting reflecting the common people, people in our everyday life, such a variety, all unique and distinct. But there was also something “sheepish” about how they were marching all in a row, making sure they kept their appropriate space from the person in front or behind. Some seemed conscious, [...]

Do You Dare?

Photo1

Have ever wondered where your painting was going? I have put myself in such an odd situation with this painting and a lot of firsts. So many that I didn’t know where or what was going to happen next. First of all, painting a red under-painting, with green being the dominat color, created a very [...]

Evolution of a Self-Portrait from Watercolor to Type by Julia Kay

Evolution of a Self-Portrait

I first met Julia Kay through an introduction from Don Lee, President and owner of Nomad Brush. Julia was kind enough to be a guest blogger and introduce us to her digital drawing techniques. When I first started drawing on my iPod Touch in 2009, I fell in love with how quick and easy it [...]

Underneath #paint52

Underneath

I know you must be wondering, why the name “Underneath” and how does it relate to this painting? Well, color is my language. It speaks in layers, vibrancy, tones, subtleties and more. Color reflects my mood, passion, feelings and desires. It is limitless in regards to what color expresses for me. So as the many [...]