IN THIS VIDEO I show why I made the decisions I did in painting this large 5x5’ neutral abstract.

WANT TO HEAR from what many consider the world’s “guru on color?”

THIS EPISODE OF my ongoing series of interviews on creativity is a personal one. It’s my son Luis interviewing me.

GOT STUCK ..... in a painting and really had no idea how to move through it?

Me too. I mean, who hasn’t?

WANT TO HEAR from a very successful interior designer who was encouraged by her mother and grandmother to be FEARLESS, to be a RISK-TAKER, and to COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES?

DO YOU WANT to watch me take some of my mother’s paper paintings and repurpose them into gifts for my grandchildren? Well then you want to watch today’s 5-minute video.

JUST FOR FUN today I want to give you a glimpse into the transformation of my backyard storage area into a serene outdoor room where I sit and let my mind wander.

These days we have more time on our hands at home so there has been more time for reading, doing puzzles, doing sudoku and just plain thinking.....and creating.

CAN YOU GUESS what the most important tool is for improving your work?

I’m going to be kind of secretive about naming it because I want you to guess what it might be before you watch this week’s video.

IN THIS VIDEO I will show you 7 different possibilities for paintings using only a handful of large painted papers.

While laying down and moving around the papers on a large 30x48” canvas, I also explain my thought process in the design of each of the pieces.

PAINTING ON LARGE sheets of paper which I later use in large collage works is what I am going to demonstrate in today’s video.

IN THIS VIDEO you’ll watch me take a painting that I originally glued something on, but that I didn’t like. I will totally redo it and create an abstract painting filled with lots of layers and I’ll leave a wide border around it to frame the new painting.

WANT TO KNOW why most of the time -- unless I'm working on a very large painting -- I work on multiple paintings at once?

HOW DO YOU get inspired by an artist or a painting without copying their work?

In this video I will show you step-by-step how I create a collage from a painting -- actually two paintings -- by one of my favorite artists, Richard Diebenkorn.

HAVING TROUBLE COMPOSING a large painting? Think small. Working in a series of smaller pieces is not only fun but it's a great way to build a larger work.

THERE ARE PLENTY of mistakes and wrong turns I have made in my art career.

Three stand out from the others for me, and I'm sure that you'll be able to relate to them.

Composing an abstract floral painting is very different than composing a fully abstract painting, at least for me. The stages of composition and design are vastly different and in this video I will be sharing with you each of my 6 distinct stages of painting my abstract florals.

In this video I explain 3 basic principles that are easy to remember and that will make a positive impact on each and every one of your paintings. 

When you find a specific color you want to use in a painting do you know how to mix it? I have quick way to match the color you want to use with a basic recipe for creating it.

In this video, I walk you through my thinking process as I decide what I need to do to create a more effective composition in the middle of my process of creating a large abstract painting.