Taking a break from the painting table to say hello. It’s that season again, and I’m painting some new pieces for a gallery event next month in OKC. I wanted to show you my bluegrass family band painting, shown above; the mama plays the autoharp, and the girls play the fiddle and mandolin. The little…

I love primitive Americana style portraits. Whenever I see a room where one hangs, my eye goes right to it. What is it about these rustic “naive” style portraits, as they’re sometimes called, that is so enchanting? For me, I love the history and ‘moment in time’ they convey in a way that their stuffy…