I always tell Nancy Mullens that before I write the blog, I wait for some kind of "inspiration." It's a bit difficult these days to feel "inspired," at least it is for me, so I think I'll write about "inspiration" and share some things with you in the hopes that you will also share with me. I am always inspired by the art of others. 

My daughter and son-in-law visited the Fishers Farmers' Market one Saturday recently and purchased a beautiful bouquet of flowers for me from one of the stalls there.  I decided that I would paint them, and that way I would always have the bouquet.  Flowers don't last long, but paintings do.  That's my painting of the flowers at the top of this page.  Right now I'm

Why do you paint?  Sculpt? Draw? Write? Play and/or compose music?  Have you asked yourself those questions, and have you counted on those interests and talents to get you through this very difficult time in our country? Why do I paint/do art?  I really think that "playing" with paint in my studio (my friend Jerry Smith says I play with paint, and he's right) is

I went into Meijer to buy groceries on May 28, 2020.  I mention the date because it was the first time I had been in a grocery store since March 12, 2020.  Every time we needed groceries, I went online, ordered them, and had the groceries delivered to our home and placed in a big box on the front porch.  Once the delivery person had