Make a wish - send your intention out into the universe! This is a new painting of mine that hangs in my bedroom. I see her every morning and she reminds me to keep wishing - and after wishing, doing what is within my power to make that wish come true!

One of my big resolutions last year was to get Dance Dreams Volume 1 published. I've learned so much since I started this journey! I've met many wonderful people who have enjoyed coloring my designs, and appreciate all who have shared photos with me, and opinions on th...

When I work on my paintings, it usually takes a few months before I can let them go.

I live with them, moving the canvases from room to room, viewing them in different light, and at different times of day. I really enjoy incorporating flowers with my dancing figures, ha...

When I had the idea for designing my own coloring book, I'll admit I was nervous having never published before. My painting of Inspirita (the "cover girl" of Volume 1) greeted me every morning and gave me the courage to share my art with the world - to give it wings! I...

I'm back into my dance teaching schedule, and preparing for a charity event I lend my creative talents to here in Philadelphia each Fall. I've been painting dancers of a different type than usual, and enjoying studying the art of Henri Touluse-Lautrec. His famous poste...

This week I started my first painting of a Ukrainian dancer. Besides teaching in a dance studio close to home, every summer I am Artistic Director of a Ukrainian dance camp in upstate New York. I do plenty of graphic work for the camps - t-shirts, posters, logos, etc.,...

I have a young teen dancer in my special needs dance class. She just joined the program on scholarship last year, and I am so excited to see and teach her again in the fall. Her name is Mari, and when she's dancing her body emanates pure joy - from her smile to her out...

I've been gravitating toward my "Heliotrope" pencil - it's a glowing fuchsia/lavender color.

When I'm painting though, I'm tending toward teal and turquoise green. Here's an interesting color study...what do you think? Are they on, or have they missed the mark?

Color Rev...

Almost finished painting "Orchid Dancer". I'm often inspired by flowers - their petals and leaves seem to be dancing, stretching and turning to a music we can't hear, but can see in the shapes and lines they create. I'm considering making "Flowers" the them of Volume 2...