FREE 30-minute Speed Painting at the Kuloko Arts Gallery
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.
Travel Journals
Yesterday my friend Tamara Moan took me and another friend, Frances Hill, on a trip around Whole Foods in Kailua to teach us the ins and outs of keeping an Artistic Travel Journal.
Uncluttering My Studio by Patrice Federspiel
The Unclutter Your Life class that I took with Marilyn Nagelhas been over for about two weeks. I miss it. I miss the structured support of having someone remind me to toss something out, give something away, and donate something to an organization every week.
Heliconia Painting inspires Memories in Charlie
Last week I posted a heliconia painting in my eZine and asked readers to help me out with a title; more on the title next week. For now, I would like to share some memories from one of my students, Charlie Young.
On Being Married
This photo was taken on October 7th, right after our wedding ceremony on the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. We both grew up near "big water", so perhaps it is not that surprising to find us living in Hawai`i, a land surrounded by the deepest ocean on earth.
Yes, it is Permanent!
First I must thank Scott Adams for the cartoon he published earlier this month. Brilliant! I am a sucker for cartoons pertaining to all things art/artist/creativity related. Humor, like creativity, is essential to life.
Creativity Bars
Okay, so maybe these could be called Creative Energy Bars, but I like the sound of Creativity Bars because you get to use your creativity in making them. Let's face it, every single one of us is creative in our own ways. There are some days when the only thing I want to create is food. I usually start with a recipe and then "riff" off it by changing and adding ingredients.
Creatures of Habit and the Tales They Spawn
Creatures of Habit brought to mind thoughts of old Waikiki and new ways of creating an underwater reef using yarn and creativity.
"Indiana Jones-ing" Through the Years
Eleven years ago this month I first stepped foot on the island of O'ahu. Back then I knew next-to-nothing about the Hawaiian Islands. I had lived my entire life in Wisconsin. My trip to Hawai'i was meant to be a spiritual quest, to step foot in the Pacific Ocean, and to visit a friend in grad school. I had absolutely no intention of staying.
Growing Sunshine Pineapple Muffins
In honor of my latest Pineapple Painting, "Growing Sunshine", here is my easy recipe meant to start your day with sunshine. You can see this painting in the Fresh Paint Florals Portfolio. Soon it will be on display at the Hawai'i Watercolor Society's 45th Annual Members' Exhibit.
Why do I paint? and Why should you care?
I was recently asked to give a two-minute talk to the Professional Women's Network on O‘ahu, and decided to answer the above two questions as best I could.
I paint because I have an overwhelming need to feel connected to the world around me, to the people in it, and to the world within me, my inner self.