The 2023 Street Painting Festival was really fun ~ mainly because I got to partner with my friend Jessie. We’ve collaborated on past street paintings and we both love birds—and flowers! We each brought our own photos to work from and she created the composition,...
The 2022 100 Grand Show was fun! This annual exhibit at Sullivan Goss gallery in downtown Santa Barbara “features 102 quality works of art for $1,000 or less. The exhibition has become an incubator of emerging talent, an entryway for beginning collectors, a...
On Saturday, November 19 I participated in Ready to Hang, one of my favorite community art shows, a pop-up for one evening only that features work by local artists. Every piece in the show is 12 x 12 inches, which makes for a striking exhibit on the large, white...
The I Madonnari Street Painting Festival was back in action at the Santa Barbara Mission! It was so great to be back together with fellow artists, sponsors, festival organizers and volunteers – plus the 30, 000+ people who showed up over the three-day weekend! And the...
New gouache painting of afternoon light on Jesusita trail, one of our favorite places to hike. Even though I’ve been there so many times, it’s always different in many ways – wildflowers in spring, more sky and rain in winter, and water in the creek if...
It was great to get back together in person for the annual 100 Grand Show at Sullivan Goss Gallery in Santa Barbara! This annual group show features approximately 100 artists working in various mediums, with all works priced at $1,000 or less. It’s a fun and eclectic...
The I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival in Santa Barbara was cancelled in 2020, due to the pandemic…and then it was announced that the festival would be held after all – ONLINE! Artists were invited to participate by creating chalk paintings in their...
This street in our neighborhood was stunning after a sudden downpour in late January. We haven’t had a lot of rain this winter, and the weather was welcome. I walk a lot around here and took a quick shot with my phone, which later became a painting, in gouache...
