Mt. Helix Cross

I was cleaning off some shelves the other day and came across this little painting of the view of Mt. Helix in La Mesa, CA. I never did frame it or show it in any exhibits, but decided to use it here for a story. When we moved back to California in 1982, we settled in...

Robert Landry Watercolor Instructor

In May of this year I fell and broke my little finger. After many sessions of therapy and exercises and splints, that little finger just wants to look bent. At least I haven’t lost any basic function from it being this way, but if I want to look English at a tea...

Laurie Ann Christmas Tree

Why decorate when I can just paint a Christmas tree that is already decorated! I was out at the farm last Saturday, (Summers Past Farm), and it was so cold out side that I decided to paint in the barn. I selected this tree that was decorated by the interior decorator,...
Somerset Studio Apprentice article

Somerset Studio Apprentice article

I am so excited I feel like doing a big stretch like this one of my neice, Kaili! I will soon be publish in a Somerset Studio magazine this coming Spring and today I finished the two articles that I was asked to write about my coffee collages to be used in the...

Pumpkin Patch Summers Past Farm

On Friday, Oct. 7th I went to paint the pumpkin patch at Summers Past Farm and noticed this very large yellow pumpkin in the background of the view I was painting with a scarecrow and bales of hay. The next day I went to paint again and took some more photos and then...

Wells Fargo at Old Town

When things look charming, I had better paint it when I see it because it may not be that way later. And here it is, later, as of now, the Wells Fargo of Old Town has moved and is in another building in O.T., but the former building has lost its charm as is seen in...

Old Town San Diego

So many times I see changes in the subjects I chose to paint.  One of the biggest changes I have observed is the way they changed the Casa de Bandini building in Old Town San Diego. It had been changed back to the original name, Cosmopolitan Hotel. I can’t...
Wedding Colors

Wedding Colors

Today we celebrate 48 years of marriage. How I thank God for my husband, Jack who is enjoying a game of golf this morning and I am enjoying the sunshine in my studio! We have plans for the afternoon, and dinner will be at a very special place. As far as we are...

Homeless People

I was very surprised to receive a bouquet of cream color roses from a homeless friend for my birthday this year. You just never know what can happen from the rich or the poor. How nice to receive something so unexpected! I knew that she had been planning something...

Pomona House Painting

How exciting to meet people who moved in after I moved out (1960) of the big old house upon the hill in Pomona, and to meet the current new owners too. They came to my art exhibit at the coffee lounge in La Mesa and were glad to meet me in person for the first time...