I’ve got a new piece coming! This vase of dahlias, a favorite subject of mine, has no name as of yet. Rest assured, it will come. 

The “Work of Stillness” opening has come and gone, but the two-woman show still hangs at East Village Arts through the month of September. 

Here, you see the stage just before the bloom painting began. I really wanted to jump right on the bee work, but that would make painting the blooms under her more difficult. Patience.

The 2026 Great Southeast Pollinator Census happened last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Scientists and lay folks like me come together to gather important data on how our pollinators are faring here in the Southeast.

The lantana bush in my backyard is about 6 feet in circumference. It sits before a wooden fence that supports a thriving passionflower vine. The area is simply teeming with carpenter bees.

Sometimes, at just the right moment, the light changes colors on ordinary objects. You’ll miss it if you don’t stop and take it in at that moment, as the world seems to show off the true colors it had been hiding.

We are getting ready for our upcoming show, Work of Stillness, to be held at the East Village Arts space, so Ginger Wyatt and I got together for a photoshoot of us with our art. 

The grands have all gone to their homes now. I am back to my regular studio hours, and this is also joyful for me.

Help an artist out, would ya? I’d love to get everyone’s thoughts on what to paint next.!

If you love and appreciate the natural world and how it works, you'll enjoy this three-part artwork, “Breakfast at Bellingrath,” created to honor our hard-working Apis mellifera family.