I have always let life get in the way of art. It's hard often not to let that happen. So many other things seem so urgent and important that art gets its turn when I have nothing else to do. It can be easy to question why life duties and busyness always win. But I and perhaps you, really don't like the feeling of starving to death for creative endeavors! O I did get work done, but just here and there, even thoughit is SO enjoyable. 

So here we go - I just posted a recent commission for a friend - a portrait of her cat. And I posted a small painting of Sunrise Mount Rainier - a lupine covered meadow. Will be posting regularly and painting daily (even If I don't finish every work every day) and plan to upload 2 pieces at least each week.

I only paint what I love. That's enough to be going on with in a world crammed full of subjects. I love nature - landscapes, rivers and lakes, the particular light of a particular moment, close ups of the secret beauty of  the land, trees and flowers, animals, birds of all  kinds, the ocean and especially Mt Rainier National Park, which is so close to where I live.

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hope you will join me on this endeavor this year and comment on what you like. Paint along and share your work too. I'd love to see it, whatever subjects and media you enjoy.