Whether you celebrate The Night of the Ancestors, All Saints Day, Dias de la Muertos, Halloween, or all of them, Happy Mid-Autumn Celebrations! Along with peoples of many cultures, I celebrate the Night of the Ancestors by remembering my parents and grandparents. (more…)
After the Gallery Hop showing of “Summer Celebrations”, I have a great sense of fulfillment. When an art lover says they noticed my art from a distance and were pulled in, then (more…)
As I was resting on a hot July day I answered the phone. It was an invitation to show my recent acrylic paintings at City Gallery, Pam Miller Downtown Art Center. (more…)
Glow of the Singing Spirits, series of three cradled panels by Kathleen O’Brien
My new series, “Glow of the Singing Spirits”, unfolds like a whispered passage between worlds. Three panels trace the gentle pulse of nature—the calm of a country road bathed in fading light, (more…)
Anniversary Roses & Zinnia with just one yellow flower open
Welcome to mid-season studio update with news since mid-spring. (more…)
June Celebrations is the title of my recent series. (more…)
Many of you know since reading my studio updates for the past 17 years, how much we love and tend to our land, and neighborhood that stretches from Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill to Kentucky’s first settlement, (more…)
Guest Post by Greg Orth
Time is a funny thing, it can be as rigidly fixed as concrete, and as ephemeral as thought, and we must look back and forward if we are to succeed. (more…)
February is about love and connection so this month I want to invite you closer to the artwork. (more…)
May the light of the flame at Candlemas imbue you with the love and warmth of St. Brigid. (more…)
Each December I take a retreat of introspection, writing and celebrating. (more…)
I’m not sure why I woke up thinking about “26”, a loose leaf book I created fifteen years ago. (more…)
Whether you celebrate The Night of the Ancestors, All Saints Day, Dias de la Muertos, Halloween, or all of them, Happy Mid-Autumn Celebrations! (more…)
Each year I like to create “littles” to exhibit at the open studio and Pleasant Hill Christmas Show as gift ideas. (more…)
Even though it is more than two months from the Day Out of Time and beginning of winter, I find myself remembering (more…)
‘Vesuvian Gardens” is my 2025 Creative Visionary Program series of four paintings. Its meaning and importance emerged only after I had completed them. (more…)
Letter to God, pages 1-6
This series began with a simple desire to use most of my colors, then cover with off white to investigate the effects of the optic tones it would produce. (more…)
You can be a part of “REIMAGINE”, through an online Auction that begins Monday, 15th September at 9:00 am! The collaborative art exhibit raises funds that are shared among the participating public schools for art supplies, the artists and Arts Connect as the program administrator. (more…)
Once Creative Visionary Program ended I focused on a fun project, “REIMAGINE” sponsored by Arts Connect in Lexington. It is an exhibition of work by artists who have chosen a local elementary school student’s drawing that has inspired them to create an artwork in their own style and medium. (more…)
Looking west on the Solstice
Solstice night, lights and flowers from the kids
Between now and May Eve it was high solstice with brilliant bright skies by day and warm calm at night with fireflies. The red winged blackbirds were long gone. Before that my birthday flowers were in full bloom. Now it is so hot they would wilt, instead it’s time for zinnias and gladiolus to rule. Time to can tomatoes and make herb salt. First Harvest, Happy Mid-Summer! (more…)
In this Mid-Spring Studio Update I share what’s new since mid-winter. This is another favorite time of year, when we see the joyful return of spring perennials, and with hope plant seeds and welcome the light half of the year – Beltane, May Eve! (more…)
“Just want you to see what a lovely part of my life you are.” (more…)
I am grateful for the creativity that bubbles up from mystery. This cold snowy season has provided long quiet days to proceed with creative activities. I’d like to share what’s going on. (more…)
Spring Flowers and fauna
Just in the nick of time I looked back at this incredible year and wrote the ReView, it’s always satisfying. Do you practice this as well? (more…)
The best title for this diptych eludes me, so I’m calling it “Breadcrumbs” which refers to an assignment to follow the breadcrumbs suggested by Nicolas Wilton. (more…)
Whether you celebrate The Night of the Ancestors (Samhuin), Dias de la Muertos, Halloween, or all of them, Happy Mid-Autumn Celebrations! (more…)
If lilacs can bloom in October, certainly I can honor that by memorializing the occasion. Funny, I had started correcting “Lilac Enchantment” in the summer, maybe because I missed them blooming at their usual April appearance. (more…)
The Long Journey Home is a series of four acrylic paintings. What began as expressions of feelings, with no thought of what the paintings would become, (more…)
Pocket Books is a collaboration with Ellen Reinkraut that combines affirmations she sent to me many years ago. (more…)
Continuing with the equinox ~ equinox project, I was happy to be back home and get back to work. Maybe I was trying to create a cool respite from the heat. (more…)
Continuing with the equinox ~ equinox project, I must have been imagining how the road to Colorado on the Pony Express would look the following week.
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Continuing with the equinox ~ equinox project, one thing I began to consider was painting over some collaged watercolors. (more…)