For years, I was afraid to paint with watercolors!

I’d heard they were unforgiving, that you can’t make mistakes,
and that you have to know what you want to achieve before you begin.

When originally titled "Creation", I had no idea just how accurate it was. Read on to find all of the creatures I've found within its borders in the last ten months. I'm certain there are more to be found and you can help find them!

Curiosity is the Carrot of Inspiration — allow it to draw you into your painting to find out what it has to share with you.

My inspiration for Anuenue Ali`i Wahine came in a dream which I recorded in my journal (I like to use a purple pen in my journal).

I took just one painting class in college — oil painting. I loved it, but had more fun working in clay, and spent many semesters up to my elbows in “mud.” 

Years after graduating, when I decided to paint again, I dug out my old oils. They still held magic.

A few weeks ago I taught a really fun class at the Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House Campus: Pored Paintings. Students love this class because it gives them a chance to completely lose control of the painting process right from the start. Pat San Souci taught me the process about ten years ago. I wasn’t sure I really wanted to learn the process because I wasn’t interested in losing control (I can be a bit of a “control freak”). Then I found out just how much fun being out of control can be!

1. The arts teach children to make good judgments about qualitative relationships...

Join me every Tuesday morning at 11AM when I teach a FREE 30-minute Speed Watercolor Painting Class at Kuloko Arts Gallery at the Outrigger Reef on the Beach in Waikiki.