Inspired by Travel: Paris, France

Jul 19, 2024 | Travel

This is not a Paris Vacation Guide. It’s a peek into what I notice and how I see. It’s been three months since we visited Paris. I keep hoping that I’ll come up with some clever organized way to share everything about my trip, but I’m tired of thinking about it and I... Read More

Inspired by Travel: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Mar 1, 2024 | Travel

We visited Puerto Vallarta in February 2024 to escape the Pacific Northwest winter rain for a few days and to do our in-person interview for the Global Entry travel program. We’re hoping for more international travel in our future — France is happening in April! — so... Read More

Morning Reading — Radical Wholeness by Philip Shepherd

Jun 9, 2023 | Creative People, Creative Process, Fine Art, Painting

A Quiet Morning I usually start every morning by reading part of a nonfiction book while I have coffee. Sometimes it’s a book that I’ve already read and am in the process of revisiting for fresh insight. Maybe it’s an art book and I’m studying color palettes or... Read More

Collector Spotlight: Kim Brotherton

Nov 25, 2022 | Fine Art, Painting

Melanie’s paintings feel to me like they contain other worlds, and also evoke worlds from within. The earthy, deep quality of her Abstract Landscape series particularly spoke to me and after months of returning to her online gallery, I was thrilled to bring home... Read More

Mood Board Monday: Traveling Through Tuscany

Sep 12, 2022 | Creative Process, Creative Projects, Fine Art, Painting, Travel

This week I’ll be launching my latest painting collection – Simple Pleasures. It’s another collaboration with my friend Cassandra LaValle, an extremely talented interior stylist and curator of the beautiful shop Casa di LaValle. I’ll spill more details about the... Read More