Gracious Plenty

Down on 11th Street, truck farmers brought in their homegrown produce. The tomatoes, peaches, okra all come in balsa wood “crates”. These small oblong crates were just the right size for picnic lunches. In Ladybug’s kitchen, after the produce came …

Ballard Designs Interview

Local Painter, Chattanooga

I wanted to share a wonderful interview from Ballard Designs. Hopefully it will give you more information regarding my art as well as give glory to God, who makes all things (even my art) possible! … Ballard Designs: Tell us …

For My Grandson Austin

Krylon in one hand, camera in the other, Austin makes quick bold black lines on the large white wall. A canvas so big that it would intimidate most artists. He works so confidently with the mark making, one would assume he is …

Pockets

Oralee once said to clean a house you needed an apron with pockets. That caused a pause in my thinking. A “pocket”? Why is a pocket essential for cleaning a house? Living is messy and cluttered. The clutter has to …

Identify the Essential and Eliminate the Rest

A large sheet of splattered sheetrock is on my easel. It serves my purpose to secure the canvases to stay put. I have two easels. Both splattered with 20+ years of paint and writing. Writing “bullets” that I have hidden …