“Hand it over, sister.”

When Kevin Cook says so, I listen!

Making it up as I go along

It’s the only way I know how to paint, but I’d forgotten until recently that it’s the only way to live too.

“Me-tail”

I didn’t make up the term, but it makes sense to me.  Traditional retail appeals to me about as much as much as making (or buying) the kind of open market art that has a factory-made, gimmicked-out feel to it. 

A little pouch of love

Also known as a little pooch of love.

I ♥ Kevin Cook!

Today was part two of the film filming for OPB’s Oregon Art Beat.  KC and the crew documented my interview with the extraordinary Kevin Cook.

The cutting edge of FOLK art

Art that’s for the people is compelling, subversive, incisive and important precisely because it’s for the people.

To flatter or not to flatter

The portraitist’s ultimate dilemma—or is it? 

Reviving and redefining a tradition

Painted portraiture is dead.  Long live painted portraiture!

But can you jam it under a car seat?

A painting’s process is just beginning when it leaves the studio. So much of what art is relies on its relationship to its viewers—or, in the case of my portrait purses, its wearers. 

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