Rolling Stones Accepted Into Exhibition

 

I’m honored and deeply grateful that my painting Rolling Stones has been accepted into the San Diego Watercolor Society’s 45th International Exhibition, held at the SDWS Gallery in Liberty Station, San Diego, California.

With 746 entries submitted by 403 artists from 30 countries and 36 states, it’s a true privilege to be included in such an inspiring and talented group.

The exhibition will be on view from September 28 to October 31, 2025 at the San Diego Watercolor Society Gallery.

Thank you to juror Kathleen Conover and the entire SDWS team for this opportunity to share my work among such incredible artists.

Feeling It

 

Featured image: Life is Like a Box of Chocolates

I can feel it

I can find it

the journey is

worthwhile

sitting quietly, grasping

all that is real

the natural way

and

our place in the world

and

finding; wilderness

naturalness

the yes, yes of life

I can feel it

the journey

Is worthwhile

Shelter Accepted into Exhibition

 

I’m truly honored and thankful that my piece Shelter has been selected for inclusion in the 38th Annual Northern National Art Competition. With nearly 600 submissions from across the country, I’m grateful to be part of this inspiring and competitive exhibition.

The show will be held at Nicolet College in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and will run from June 12 to July 26, 2025.

Thank you to juror Jaleesa Johnston and everyone involved in making this event possible.

Comfortably Numb Accepted into Exhibition

 

I’m deeply honored that my piece Comfortably Numb has been accepted into INNOVATIONS 2025, the 34th Annual International Open Juried Exhibition of the International Society of Experimental Artists (ISEA).

The exhibition will be held at the Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens in Ormond Beach, Florida, and will run from September 17th to November 30th, 2025.

Grateful to be included in this inspiring celebration of experimental art alongside so many talented creatives. 🎨✨

Seeing Differently

 

Featured image: Be Different

We all see things differently, no two unique individuals see a sunrise or sunset the same way. Each reflects their own personal life into how they see and understand a sunset or sunrise. 

I looked up

Featured image: Sunrise In The Morning At The Lake

Bird Calling

    I

    looked

    up

    to a light blue

    sky

with a sliver of the

    moon

still there.

    I

    looked up

    to see a golden

    yellow

    crowning the treetops.

No bird still—

    instead, morning

    silence

    gracing a

brand new day.

Find You

 

Featured image: Your Mind Sings - Listen

“Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Another quote I have on my desk:
“Well-behaved women rarely make history.”

This quote is often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, Anne Boleyn, or Marilyn Monroe, but it was actually written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in a 1976 academic paper.

Both quotes—so true, so true.