Happy New Year 2008!

Always, always I think of you. I think of your heart filling with joy and passions. I often think how you are doing, what you are doing and if you’re receiving the depths and beauty of life you richly deserve. Know that I hold you close — with a silent breath blowing gently towards the [...]

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Green on Green

bright, ripe green apples
ready to eat, crisp and tart
smacking lips pucker
Working on a book of “visionary poetry” is an intensive project — the daily painting, the ongoing inspiration that I need in order to create a large volume of works, and the intensity of painting itself. The easy part is the poetry which usually comes immediately [...]

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Head Stand

swirling in color
standing on my head I think
better upside down
With all of the holiday activities, I haven’t been able to practice my daily painting. However, I’m with it now and back on track! Working on my book of “visionary poetry” soon to be released, I am still working on the still life collection that are the [...]

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Decadent Hot Chocolate

I’ve had a lot of requests for the hot chocolate I make in winter. There are two kinds I make, depending upon how much of a hurry I am.
1.
6 ounces 70% Cacao Bittersweet or 62% Cacao Semisweet Chocolate (Ghiradelli’s works really well
1 quart milk-from nonfat to half & half (your preference)Break-up chocolate and place [...]

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Ripe n Ready

I love fresh fruit. Here, a bowl of golden pear ripe n ready makes my mouth water for their texture and succulence. From the moment I lift a pear to my lips, parting them to take the first bite. The scent is intoxicating and the taste pleasing to the palate.

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Liquid Stars

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Noble Artistry

crinkly leaves, green heart
shades of noble artistry
blossom in texture
I continue working on my still life collection being published as a cookbook of simple, yet delicious vegetable recipes that also include imagery and haiku poetry to inspire. While thinking of what to make for dinner when I started painting this cabbage. I love purple cabbage–especially cooked [...]

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She Prays

small cracks in her skin
parts readily from the branch
she bends at the neck
with large, open eyes
she requires full sun all day
to preserve her fruit
she prays for ripeness
spreads wider than she is tall
yields to soft pressure
Study her stem and you’ll see the shape of hands as if they’re praying. This was one of those happy painting [...]

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Switching Gears

Though it is Christmas time, I am switching gears in preparation for Valentine’s Day. Oh, it’s about romance the soft, tender touch of love’s kiss brushing the heart.
I’m putting the finishing touches on the cover of my book to be released right after Christmas — it’s a Valentine book.
Awakening Eros is a book of poetry [...]

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Life is a Bowl of Cherries

Before reading this, if you have any cherries available grab a few. If you don’t have any available, grab a few from the painting above and enjoy their succulence virtually. Enjoy my Christmas Tree Drama…
Every year it is tradition for me to buy a real Christmas Tree since I’ve lived most of my adult life [...]

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