The challenge and ultimate satisfaction of an artist is the willingness to simply let things happen. Give up control for awhile. Let go of preconceived ideas. Get out of the way and just paint. For the upcoming Art Harvest show, I allowed myself to...

Over the years, I’ve collected snippets of conversation overheard at outdoor art shows. The open nature and family entertainment atmosphere of this type of show encourage sidewalk critics emboldened by cups of brew and funnel cake. A book I’ve...

I’ve lately discovered that sickness lends itself to fuzzy introspection. Call it turning the microscope on oneself. Lying in bed for two days with a malady of the sinus has unleashed my pesky monkey mind. He leaps and scurries about, from past...

The humidity just dropped ten percentage points in Central Florida, which means Fall must be on its way. It is still 90 degrees outside but people are reappearing on the streets, eager to shake off four months of air conditioned hibernation. Businesses...