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Kim was our first born. We were delighted with her and loved her so much but being young first time parents we made lots of mistakes. And being the first child she bore the brunt of most of those. In spite of that she turned out to be a beautiful, smart and independent creature. This…

My mom baked a lot of bread in her lifetime. Her flour came in 100 pound sacks and when they were empty she often sewed a dress from the colorful flour sack. She usually baked at least 12 loaves at a time because we rarely ate store bought bread. It was delicious straight out of…

I was attending a class the other day and when it was over I stopped to say hi to a friend. She commented that she liked the shirt I was wearing and added, “I love yellow”. I kept thinking about that and it brought up a vision of a painting. I decided to do a…

This is from an old photo I discovered recently. It is of my dad and his pals in the early 1900’s, I wanted to do a black and white value study before I started painting in color. This is a rather large value study – the same size as the finished painting will be. I…