For many years my focus in art was mandalas, and - consequently - circles. I love that they are a symbol for so many things I hold important...

Stop!  D on't throw out that leaky pen! You can use it to make interesting borders... Below is the first tile I ever did with a lea...

My husband and I spent a year living on the southern edge of the Gobi desert in Inner Mongolia in China. I enjoyed the chance to get to kn...

At the end of this post  last week, I promised to show some notan-style pieces depicting houses and buildings, favorite subject matter of mi...

I quite enjoyed CZT Eni Oken's lesson on zen-ful houses and have done a few more, this time stretching the boundaries somewhat! A cast...

As you probably know I'm quite partial to houses and other buildings as subject matter. When I saw Eni Oken's "Zenful houses...

It's a gentle rain, coming straight down, and with sparkly water droplets! This is the second in my Global Village series of house ki...

Back in November, when I was fortunate enough to attend the zenAgain event for CZTs, I sat beside Jenny Peruzzi. Jenny runs Acadia Laser C...

I often begin work with a random colored or gray wash, let it dry, and then look at it various ways trying to see what's in there. Somet...

My husband and I were fortunate to spend a week in Bermuda visiting his sister and her husband. Yes, of course I took art supplies! I didn...

(Anyone else live with a Bob Dylan fan? That song title just popped into my mind for this post!) Each of these pieces began with blue wash...

I was shopping for a frame for a piece I'd just completed ( Ribbony ), and the one I liked best came with glass, which I didn't need...

I'd seen pictures of these step-roofed buildings and wanted to try them on my houses. I began with a random gray wash in a few places,...