Living in Topanga I know a lot about mud because here we live in the dirt. I am sad to report that more people are moving in and pouring a fair amount of concrete to make it less dirty! It always makes me wonder why a person would want to live in a...

My submission for Illustration Friday's " focused" theme is a cropped portion of an illustration for the book "Return of the Matador" that I painted over the summer. Happy Friday! Have a lovely weekend ;) 2009 valerie walsh

At first glance this might appear to be a very silly and clumsy painting but it is actually very sweet and tender. My sbmission for Illustration Friday's " clumsy" theme is " a celestial life." I painted this in August of 1992 for friend Tracy Walsh...

My submission for Illustration Friday's "wilderness" is a doodle piece on a scrap of arches paper notice the deckle edge. I call this "leave a little light on". I have lived in a lot of little houses that look like this :) 2010 valerie...

One door opens and another closes, you know why I like this phrase because it relates to houses of course but also because a winner has been chosen for the Uprinting Business Card Giveaway but I will be hosting a new Postcard Giveaway in just a...