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  • Life Drawing

    Life Drawing

    Last Fall I took Life Drawing at PCCA with Charles Pompilius. At first, I was very intimidated taking his class because he’s such an accomplished painter well…

  • Paris in (Almost) Springtime

    Paris in (Almost) Springtime

    At the end of March my husband had to travel to Paris for work and guess who was able to tag along for a vacation?…

  • Mooooo…

    Mooooo…

    I love cow paintings! For the past few years I’ve seen them everywhere and wanted to purchase one. But the artist in me thought, “I…

  • Blue Bird

    Blue Bird

  • Reflection

    Reflection

    A beautiful winter scene. Home and barn reflecting off the water.

  • Suzanne

    Suzanne

    My girlfriend Suzanne turned 45 in July. Instead of buying her a birthday gift, I offered to create a painting for her. Initially I had…

  • 2014 Fun Run: The Wild West

    2014 Fun Run: The Wild West

    Each September my boys’ elementary school puts on the annual Fun Run. It’s our only school fundraiser where the kids collect pledges for laps run around the…

  • Greek Vase & Dummy

    Greek Vase & Dummy

    This is a second still-life piece from the Intermediate Drawing Class at PCCA.  I did the initial drawing in class and then finished up the…

  • Intermediate Drawing

    Intermediate Drawing

    I am taking Intermediate Drawing this summer at PCCA. Even though I love color, I thought it was a good time to go back to basics…

  • Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity

    Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity

    Last month as I was preparing to head off to art class I received a call from my husband who was at work. His company, TWI,…

  • Church & Update

    Church & Update

    Below is the finished painting. If anyone knows which church this is or its whereabouts, please let me know! Now that I have spent many…

  • Waterfalls

    Waterfalls

    I just completed another class at PCCA entitled, “Landscape Painting.” Our teacher, Anatoliy Shapiro, is a Russian-born professional artist. He is well known for his…