A Painted Garden

art journal

the art journal blog of an expressionistic artist who paints the way nature makes her feel.

  • How do you Bloom?

    There are so many different ways. I don’t have a favorite. I like the color. It’s a thrill to see what I can come up with Continue reading

  • A Free Creative Spirit

    These are a few of my favorite sketches. I seem to be doing this a lot these days but sharing keeps me creating. My lettering isn’t centered. Some wouldn’t even call it lettering. Together we bloom was painted on copy… Continue reading

  • Blooming in pink hand prints

    Last night I was thinking back to when I started painting flowers. It all started with Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit. This book has changed the wait I paint. I still hold onto the photo or… Continue reading

  • Ideas will take you wonderful places

    Bellisia is the first character I actually put down on paper. Bellisia turned into Ana & George. Then it was Wise Trees. After Wise Trees it was Live Your Love Story and Road Trip. With every story and every bloom… Continue reading

  • The magic of color

    Remember the days of back to school crayons and markers? Maybe you had a big box. The other kids wanted to borrow your carnation pink. Yes the names are fun to read too. If felt good that you owned the… Continue reading

  • the color book

    Your art, your voice your opinion—it’s how you see the world and how you translate it back for others. James Victore So there I was on a Sunday morn. A quiet house and I had no words to write. Why… Continue reading