The world of making and selling art moves in mysterious ways. Being a self-employed artist, I never know exactly where my next work is going to come from. Living with his kind of "uncertainty" makes a lot of people cringe, but, over time, I've become very accustomed to the ebbs and flows, and though I do sometimes freak about how I am going to make the ends meet, following my heart--and my art--has served me well in breaking through my own limits to success. I've learned t

My first commissioned work in Boise is this mosaic light painting of the beautiful Boise River in the fall. It's now at home as a focal point in the entry area of the house, in an interior window feature over a dramatic staircase that showcases the new work perfectly. welcoming each person who comes into the house. A piece based on the river that flows through one of my hometowns is certainly a candidate for my "Pilgrimage to the Sea" theme that has been running through my a

Often, the most difficult part of the creative process is just getting started. Whether its a new routine, habit, or series of paintings, beginning the new thing always seems to be more difficult that keeping the momentum going once started. Creating a blog post regularly is something I've been wanting to do for some time now. Today I am grateful to begin again! I wanted to start my sharing again with a new set of mosaic garden stones that I created for a client in Antigua