Self - Portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola c. 1554 SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA (1532–1625) Sofonisba Anguissola is considered the first great...

An Uphill Battle by Shirl Ireland 6" x 6" Oil on panel Considering that the beginning of the modern era of Art is around the fifteen...

Percolating by Shirl Ireland 9" x 12" Plein Air Oil on linen I have been thinking a lot about what I can contribute here....

I'm hopping around in this blog lately (and my painting), as we find our way through this pandemic together. Right now, I'm feeling like...

A break from the usual routine of my blog - to say Happy Mother's Day in pictures. :) As a mother myself, 'motherhood' often comes out in...

Especially now, paying tribute to Italy seems particularly opportune. As we are being shown how interconnected we all are in this world...

Moving on from Paris to less well known pockets of Art history... With such deep roots here in the history of art and architecture, I can...

With this pandemic, we have taken a detour on the blog. Come along with me as we make our way through all this together and I take this...

Destination - PARIS! So after my son had been asking half his life - granted it was only 5 years. He was now just 10. But he had...

I'm starting an online LIVE painting class Thursday April 9, 2020 @ 9:30 am Mountain Time for any of my blog followers who may be...

If you are doing the math, we have had MANY years of continual major construction projects. And, yes, we did manage to play hard in...

As an artist, I have heard so many people over the years tell me how much they'd like to learn to paint, to be more creative... with such...

So what to do in the face of such troubles throughout the world? How can one artist help? Should I continue on this blogging path I've...

We went back to the Guest House and completely gutted it to the exterior studs & updated absolutely everything. We wanted to take it up...

I really enjoy good architecture and interior design. I did even consider them as majors in college. I dabbled. I was an Architecture...

Eventually, we improved our living conditions above "camping". We worked to finish the studio and gallery side completely, so I had space...

Time was ticking - as we watched the economy slip and our artist friends getting hit hard. Our best idea was to supplement our Art by...

Meanwhile the building is progressing in our 'free time' while we're also continuing with Painting, Sculpture and Custom Lighting work....

It certainly was a challenge to fit it all in around young kids! In the Art world circles, it was very rare to see any other couple with...

Out of necessity, I got in the habit of painting sunrise in Yellowstone. Designing and building a home and studio ourselves, designing...