One of the most exciting things I’ve been exploring is what I think of as “cloud painting.” Most of us have looked at cloud formations and visualized images of dogs, people and all sorts of other things. I love to begin by putting down paint in a very random, spontaneous way. Then, I prop up the painted surface and look at it from every direction until something begins to appear. When that happens, I start “cloud painting.”

Look closely at the first of each pair of images and see how the subject starts revealing itself. When I see that begin to happen I just paint, scrape and paint some more until something emerges. It just feels magical.

So, I have taken advantage of many opportunities to examine new ideas, techniques, processes and slow down my pace to learn, grow and evolve as a painter. I am having so much fun pushing paint around with squeegees, chopsticks, and chunky hardware store brushes. I’ve added new mediums, new subjects and have discovered, on the rare occasion when I have been outdoors to paint, that all the crazy experimenting has helped me be better at “seeing,” and “grabbing” with paint, the thing that inspired me in the first place.