When you first start a creative endeavor, you’re just trying to do the thing, and you aren’t too worried about what bucket or genre you might fit in. As you grow and start to find your style and voice, you do start to wonder where you fit. When people have asked me to define my art style over the years, I haven’t really been sure how to answer.  I like the impressionists, but my work clearly doesn’t look like a Monet or Degas.  My paintings are more “impressionistic”, though, in that I avoid getting too far in the weeds with detail.  I try to say as much as I can with what I need and no more.  I also usually paint what I see and want my art to look like a painting of a real subject or place.  Even with all the studying and reading I’ve done about art

After working with Jenny Marrs on pet portraits for one of her design clients (you can read about that HERE), the shop manager for Marrs on Main reached out to me about carrying some of my prints in the store.  I was naturally excited about the opportunity, but I had never sold prints directly, so I had a lot of logistics to figure out.    The first step was finding a printer I liked, so I ordered a bunch of print samples from several companies in different finishes to find my favorite.  I compared all of my sample prints (I ordered two of my paintings, one light and one dark, in 5 x 7s of each paper) and selected the one I liked best. Then, I needed to figure out the packaging. Prints are a fairly delicate product.  You don’t want them getting smudged, bent, marked, or wet, so they

This summer, I worked on my largest-ever commissioned pet portrait project – a collection of five original oil paintings for Jenny Marrs, to be featured in a home makeover on Fixer to Fabulous on HGTV.  It started when Jenny reached out to ask me to write an endorsement for her new book.  As much as time allows, I try to say yes to those requests to support other writers and creative entrepreneurs.  As I was reading through the digital sample of the book so I could write the endorsement, I realized that we both went to high school in Orlando, Florida.  As it turns out, we went to rival schools, and I was just a couple of years ahead of her!  I would imagine we crossed paths at some point.  Anyway, this led to more chit-chat, and I had the thought that I should present the idea of using my