gold leafing & antiquing a frame
Since I love using antique frames for my original paintings, I’ve been wanting to delve deeper into frame restoration. I currently do basic repair work and sprucing up, but I haven’t gotten into anything too complicated. I approach it much the way I did furniture makeovers – I just want the piece to look better […]
Newburgh Vintage Emporium Warehouse
On the way home from the Country Living Fair, my mom and I thought we would stop by a few antique stores. We planned on shopping our way up to Rhinebeck, but the GPS routed us on toll roads, so we didn’t see anywhere to stop. I should’ve planned out a route ahead of time, […]
how I use AI as an artist
A couple of years ago, I signed up for a trial to use an AI photo generator. I was curious to see what kind of reference photos I could create with it. I thought it might be a good tool for generating reference photos of subjects I don’t regularly have access to, in order to […]
Shopping at Lucketts Fall Market 2026
As I shared last week, my plan for the Lucketts Fall Market was to shop Friday morning and then man my space in the afternoon. As soon as the gates opened and people wanted to purchase prints and paintings, I knew that plan was folly. I know, as a shopper, I would’ve been irritated if […]
Join the Waitlist | Pet Portraits in Oils for Beginners
As I’ve shared my pet portraits over the years, the question I’ve been asked most is, “When are you going to teach an online class on pet portraiture?” I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but I wanted to refine my process and get even more hours at the easel behind me before I […]
Lucketts Fall Market 2026
Mom and I left early Friday morning to get to Lucketts in time to set up my paintings, books, and prints before the gates opened at 8:30. Jeff and I drove down the day before to drop everything off, but we left everything packed in plastic bins under a tarp. Not only was the weather […]
Display Ideas for Selling Art at a Market
I figured the 2017 Lucketts Spring Market, the last market I went to as a vendor before we moved to Minnesota, would be my last one. We had a huge crew of helpers and two 20-foot trucks packed with antiques and furniture I had sourced, painted, repaired, upholstered, tagged, loaded, unloaded, styled, photographed, and written […]
Country Living Fair | Lovely People & Pretty Things
It’s going to sound like a cliché, but I think the highlight of my trip to the Country Living Fair was the people I met. I connected with some friends and acquaintances I’ve known online for years, a few I haven’t seen in a long time, and some familiar faces I’ve bumped into regularly over […]