I initially created this blog in 2007 for the purpose of journaling about my experiences as an art teacher. Unfortunately, I never found the time to get started. After teaching art for two wonderful years, I decided I wanted time to develop my skills as an artist. During the past couple of weeks I have spent some time thinking about setting goals. One goal is to launch this blog site. Second, is to spend time in my studio at least five days a week for the purpose of creating art. Third, to share my studio experiences on this site.

I enjoy working in several art mediums. At this time I am working in soft pastels. The medium is fairly new to me so I have much to learn. Today I set up an apple and cups still life and worked from that. My perspective on the cups is more off than on. The yellow cup is to bright I feel. I will try this still life again soon.