Many of my art students are retired and come from highly detailed jobs like engineering, health care, or human resources. Many are/were business owners who are used to high levels of organization....

An example of artwork from around St. Thomas's time was this fresco by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, "The Allegory of Good and Bad Government" in Siena. Much of the art from the Middle Ages was dark in...

When I was 21 I saw the first piece of art that really spoke to me.

 I was in NY for my cousin's wedding and visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I saw an intriguing watercolor painting,...

This past week I visited with a longtime friend. We started talking about painting and she said, “I am too much of a perfectionist”.  Let me first say, I’m so glad she is,...