For those who have been asking about free oil painting tutorials, here's one for you! I have been toying with the idea of starting a Patreon page where I can offer painting tutorials for a small...
three art exercises to loosen up & get unstuck
Sometimes it's little things that make you feel stuck. A few months ago, I stopped filming art videos and tutorials. I was busy and the house was noisy and messy due to renovations, but that...
the kent house
The house in Kent, a neighborhood of Washington DC hit the market last week and I wanted to share pictures of how this gorgeous house turned out! I'm going to share a few photos, but you can see...
commissioned paintings
This is sort of turning into art week here on the blog. There is just a lot happening with my artwork right now, so that's what was in the hopper to share. I do have some other home projects going...
dream partnership
This is one of those you-just-never-know stories that goes all the way back to 2004 when I ordered a book from a home decor book club. The book was called Trade Secrets by Better Homes &...
August 2023 original art sale preview
The art side of my business has been slowly chugging along for a few years. I go through spurts and seasons but didn't really commit to producing enough to have regular art sales (about once every...
new artwork added to Society6 (and a sale!)
I intended to make new pieces available as prints on Society6 after each original art sale, but I got behind. The truth is, I would rather paint and do a ton of other things rather than upload...
July 2023 Original Art Sale Preview
It all started with a vote on my Instagram Stories a few weeks ago. I asked my followers what genre of paintings they would like to see more of and animals topped out the poll. I have pressed into...
Plein Air | my latest Jeanne Oliver oil painting class
People have been asking about my next art class and here it is! I'd love to introduce Plein Air | Taking Art Outside. It's a mini-class (about two hours of content), so the early bird pricing is...
spring sky challenge original art sale preview
The original art sale of the Spring Sky Challenge Collection will be on June 2, 2023, at noon EST. The sale will go live HERE. I think it was the last day of April and I saw that one of my...