Book Arts Nature Journal Workshop

I'm teaching this cool workshop at Quail Gardens!

Sunday, February 17

9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Quail Botanical Gardens is just 20 minutes north of downtown San Diego in Encinitas, California. It covers approximately 35 acres at 230 Quail Gardens Drive, which runs parallel to Interstate 5 between Encinitas and Leucadia Blvds.
This workshop is a great opportunity to create an extraordinary Japanese Stab Binding Journal to express your thoughts with prose, drawings, collages, and paintings. We'll start the day painting in the gardens at selected locations with watercolors. Construction of the journal will begin in the afternoon with beautiful decorative rice papers along with the painting. Watercolor supply list available upon registration.
Cost: $65 members, $75 general public (Plus $15 materials fee)
Advance registration required. Call 760/ 436–3036 x206

Moonlight San Miguel

This was a demo I created for my Pastel Class months ago. I donated it to the Vista High School Art Auction to be held on February 9th. My dear friend Barbara (Dept. Chair Art) started this auction years ago to raise funds every year for student art supplies. Our school Art Programs in California are severely underfunded. If you would like to donate please contact Vista High at

760 726-5611.

More Postcard Series

Here's a couple more pieces from my Postcard Series- "Artichoke Heart" 8"x10" (sold) and "San Miguel Bird" 8"x8" $70.00. "San Miguel Bird" is available at our 10 North Gallery www.10north.blogspot.com located at 115 W. Grand Ave. Escondido, CA 760 480-9000. "San Miguel Bird" was part of a rooftop garden element in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where I have traveled to many times. I taught watercolor workshops last year for Oceanside Museum of Art www.oma-online.org at a beautiful garden and a roof top restaurant in San Miguel. Central Mexico is an incredible destination for artists.

Postcard Series

Here are some of my postcard series paintings- watercolor on Masa paper adhered down to canvas. These are small pieces - each one has a canceled stamp from somewhere in the world. My works will be shown at "Art of the Holiday" at the Art Center in Fallbrook, CA http://www.fallbrookart.org/ November 10th through December 23rd and at the 10 North Gallery in Escondido, CA http://www.10north.blogspot.com/ with continuous exhibits throughout the year.

Frank in the window

Here's my kitty Frank sunning himself at my studio window. This is a transparent watercolor that I finished a couple of weeks ago.

I painted my own reality....

this was drawn with a liquid expresso pen. I added water with a brush to get some of these cool colors along with some watercolor. The black ink changes to blues and browns. Some of these images may remind you of an artist.... I was watching a movie about Frida...

Cantando con mis Amigos

I saw these funny chickens in a home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico- I couldn't help it-I had to paint them!

Helen's gone and done it

Well, I did it.........here's my blog.....ready or not.......

Hopefully I'll find the time to keep you posted on art and garden stuff.