Dirty Car Artist & Human Stencil Project

Dirty Car Artist & Human Stencil Project

Today I just want to share with you a fun event we held at our school.    We hired the Dirty Car Artist AKA Scott Wade to visit and teach the students about using dirt to create art!    He is amazing!!! We also took the Seniors and turned them into Human Stencils!  ...
Lazy American Halloween

Lazy American Halloween

This Halloween was a little different than our normal Halloween tradition.   For the past several years we have gone to our cousins house and trick-or-treated with them around their neighborhood.  My cousin, aunt and I drink a little wine and then walk the...
Check out this guy!

Check out this guy!

Stephen Wiltshire’s first word was paper and didn’t fully speak until the age of 9!   He is an artist who draws and paints detailed  cityscapes.  Sometimes only seeing them from a helicopter just 1 time… then draws the ENTIRE city from memory! I got a chance to...
What do those sugar skulls mean?

What do those sugar skulls mean?

Lately I’ve been painting tons of family portraits “Day of the Dead” style.    I’ve had a few questions about what they mean and why skulls. So… here’s a very brief history…. You can google more if interested. Day of the Dead “Dia de los Muertos” is a Mexican holiday...
You’re never too old!

You’re never too old!

This weekend I was teaching a painting class at The Covered Bridge Inn in Weatherford, TX.   Wow, this place is amazing!    The house is gorgeous and the owners Sandra & Jim are so sweet!    Oh, and the food….I just can’t get enough of their cooking!   I told the...
Nightmare on Art Street

Nightmare on Art Street

Have you ever had a vision of a project in your head and you can’t get it out!? Have you ever been discouraged when you spent an entire afternoon and a small fortune at Michaels creating the piece that will change your life…. then it leaves you disappointed and...