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I am excited to announce that I have started the testimonials page for my website that I had wanted to do for years. Now that my template for the website is updated, I am able to add categories at will! Yey! If you would like to make testimony as to the power of my art/workshop/calendar, please do. You can get it to me in many ways: email, contact page on this website, or fill out a comment on this blog post. Be sure to let me know if I can use your first and/or last name. [...]

I am excited to announce that my painting "Girl Meets Paint" was accepted into the highly respected Salon International 2011 at Greenhouse Gallery in San Antonio, TX. The exhibition will open on April 2, 2011. See their website for info www.greenhousegallery.com   "Girl Meets Paint," 8x6" $395.00   This little gem is part of a series of paintings I have done of little girls painting. It represents that inexplicable feeling that is sparked in childhood when presented with art materials. I have more of these planned. Some might even be of boys painting (just to make it fair). [...]

Digital Scrapbooking Credits   Currently, this is a hobby for me, but it is very similar to collage art or found object art which makes it appealing to me on a personal artistic level.  It also informs my traditional oil painting and visa versa.  Plus, makes me learn more and more of Photoshop Elements with each layout. Each of the elements that I put together and sometimes alter in a layout comes from a digital scrapbooking designer. It is customary to credit these designers for their work when posting on the web. If you have come from some site on which my digital [...]

My first full color 8.5 x 11" Calendar is now available and I am so excited to share it with everyone.   My 26 page calendar includes: -12 images of my artwork plus three bonus artwork images -an image of me painting in Sedona -my artist statement -a six image step by step progression of the cover painting "Trailing Willow, Inner Glow" -notations for my 20011 art event schedule -and many multicultural holidays.   This beautiful calendar is printed on an offset printer with soy ink at an environmentally friendly print house in the United States. Wether you buy them as gifts or for yourself, my 2011 calendars will keep the [...]

I am so grateful for everyone who came by the Murray Center for the Arts studio open house. We had a great crowd. I am excited to announce that the winner of my "The Blue Doors" giclee giveaway is Lauren Stufflebeam of Hanna City, IL .   Stay tuned for my 2011 full color wall calendar. I can't wait to unveil it!!!!!!!!!!! Should be out in early January if all goes well.                                   [...]

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)    How can I purchase a work of art on this site?   The website has been enabled to use the PayPal system for payment of the available artworks on this site. You can use your Paypal account or choose to use a major credit card instead. Once you purchase a work of art through this system, we will be notified via email. Once we recieve verification of payment, will ship usually within 4 days.  Shipping costs will be charged at the time you check out through paypal. Applicable taxes (residents of Illinois and Indiana) [...]