Today's guitar practice focused on basic chords (G, C, Dm, Em) for the song "No Longer Slaves." The emphasis was on improving techniques like playing chords accurately and experimenting with tempos. Despite frustrations with missed notes, the practice brings joy and the commitment to keep improving is inspiring. A future…
Explore my captivating oil paintings that celebrate food, hobbies, and flowers, along with my new acrylic art on guitars. Enjoy a time-lapse video showcasing the creative process and discover additional works across categories such as "Faith," "Birds & Animals," and "People & Places." Enjoy the journey!
This painting was an experiment. A talented indie composer shared his work online and I asked if I could use it to paint what I see when I listen to his beautiful composition. This was the result. It’s hard for me to put into words what this emotion is. It’s…
I finished the final taping segment for my Easter show today! When the video is finished I will launch the show, giving you time to share it with family and friends ahead of (and on) Easter weekend. I hope you will find the show entertaining and joyful, yet powerful and…
This remains one of my favorite events with my kids. Husband is taking the video. This was the first year after Mom died and we had to fill the time we would have spent with her on Christmas. It was also the year that my husband was losing his job…
I shared this painting in March in a blog post called “Power of Steam“. Today I’m reminded of this again, as I had a creative and productive day. I put in two sessions on two different painting projects and I also did some gardening, and researched a few baking ideas…
I had a friend who rides horses whenever she wants to escape stress, relax, or just feel happy and free for a while. Since I’ve always felt intimidated sitting on top of a large animal, I can’t relate to this. I guess my “ride” would be a different type of…
Watch this oil painting of my son jumping in leaves come to life in 48 seconds (time lapse) You might remember when I shared this painting previously here on the blog, I asked the question “What do people say about you?” It was one of my longer blog posts, about…
Watch this oil painting “Prayer of Praise” come to life in 2 minutes (time lapse) It may be hard to feel like this today, a joyful prayerful state of praise. But when we don’t feel joy, be thankful anyway. “Be”, as in the verb, the willful, mindful choice “to be”,…
Oil painting children's book illustration for "Grandpa Smiles" by artist and author Natalie Buske Thomas. Watch the artist paint the art.