The start of a new painting 01-01-2017

In progress . . . using combs and brushes

Finished and hanging! 

painting with journaling, various mediums

Our cat Lightning is checking it out! Same painting as previous.

Class Exercise in mixed media with Bill Buchman in Venice, Florida

enso painting done in Bill Buchman's weekly abstract art and creativity class

Bill Buchman's abstract art and creativity class 

Done as an exercise in Bill Buchman's abstract art and creativity class 

Color Play: Steve and I collaborated on this painting in 2006. Steve: "One or the other starts a piece, then turns it over to the other artist. At that point it goes whatever direction the other artist wants to take it – there are NO RULES!" 

A detail of our collaboration. I used a favorite brush with really long hairs to make those black marks. 

In 2013, Steven made a beautiful kayak paddle for me and then painted it to match our collaborative painting! 

detail of our collaboration we call "Color Play". The big bold, black marks are Steven's. Fun to do! 

Blue water painting I did for Steven. Mixed media: spray inks, stencils, oil sticks, watercolor crayons . . .

A Painting I did for Steven, late december 2014

for Steven, Merry Christmas! 

Blue water: An abstract mixed media painting I did for Steven, December 2014 ❤

One of Bill Buchman's instructional DVDs is called Keeping the Melody. I created this painting after watching it.

Favorite class work done in Bill Buchman's weekly abstract art and creativity class

I used a copy of the previous painting just shown, combined with a photo I took in Bill's class of my feet - for this self portrait!

another exercise I did in Bill Buchman's abstract art and creativity class held weekly in Venice, FL

Done in Bill Buchman's abstract art and creativity class in Venice FL.

Class assignment in Bill Buchman's abstract art and creativity class

Mixed media painting done in Bill Buchman's abstract art and creativity class 

Lenna at play! Creating a LARGE collaborative painting with Cheryl Wilson! 

progress with our collaboration

detail of the collaboration. Such fun, thank you Cheryl! 

working at home, inspired by Bill Buchman's classes

mixed media painting with paint, pastels . . .

my earliest paintings, done when I was 5 years old... my grandmother Nonie framed these & hung them in her home!