Oddly enough, it can be easy to forget to sketch. I know I should be sketching everyday, at least for a little while, aside from applying paint to canvas, but for some reason it goes on the back burner. However, all I did today was sketch and it was like home made chicken soup when you've got a killer cold—it healed the creative plague. With renewed creative immunity, I feel more inspired than I have since coming home from Italy 3 weeks ago. Funny how seemingly simple things—like sketching—add up to major things down the road. Also, I figured out how to change the painting on my Home page using really simple code. Things are looking up!

My site is live. I'm in the throws of taking good photos of my paintings, formatting and uploading. Being that I just got back from Europe 4 days ago, I'm just getting back into the swing of life as I know it back home. It's also a learning curve to market and promote myself...seems more challenging in application than in theory, like lots of things in life. Thanks for your patience while I continue to work at getting images up. Please contact me if you have any questions about my work.

Well, it's official. I'm heading to Italy 3rd week in September. 10 days through the Mediterranean and then 11 days driving through Tuscany. A painter's dream, really.