Bold Strokes

I’m going back someday, Come what may, To Blue Bayou. Yes, I am a Louisiana girl and definitely relate to Linda Ronstadt’s song – “Blue Bayou”. Louisiana is rich in culture, spirit, and [...]

Do you sit and wonder about life or do you dive in and make a Splash of Life? We all can be timid, uncertain about experiencing new avenues, taking different paths; but I have discovered that all [...]

One might say I create blues music art for my paintings come alive while often listening to the blues. Red Hot & The Blues is my manifestation of expressing my mood and perhaps emotional [...]

“Seriousness is too boring to the playful human condition. A heart of stone that has a long face can never express love.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson, Master of Maxims We often forget to play. [...]

“It’s almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream,” – Bern Williams. The sky is entertaining us this evening with an intense pink sunset. Can you picture yourself unwinding from the [...]

Oh, the berry. Such a popular fruit! Often named as the miracle fruit. But what really is it? A berry is a fleshy fruit formed from the ovary of a single flower with a seed, or seeds, embedded on [...]

Is creative chaos necessary for the creative arts? Perhaps is the artist’s imagination and originality of thought stimulated by a creative chaos process? Some think creative chaos is all about [...]

Intrigue “Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes.” ―Arshile Gorky Abstracts have always intrigued me. Long before I began painting abstracts, I [...]