Last week my friend, Kate, called to say she saw a flower off in the woods and thought it was something special. It sure was! A Swamp-Lily! Also known as String-Lily, Crinum americanum L. A few days later, I was able to go take a look at it. The weather was threatening but, I did manage to […]
Category Archives: Pen Sketches
Fire on the Mountain – Mystery Solved!
Behind my booth at the Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival I discovered a plant I’d not seen before. I was struck by Nature’s red brushstrokes within the green leaves. So much of the plant reminded me of a poinsettia but then not. I posted this initial sketch on Flickr and asked if anyone had any […]
Canada Geese II
Rob and I went to Beaufort yesterday. Pat Conroy was having a book signing at the Beaufort Book Store. Afterwards, we journeyed over to the Cross Creek shopping plaza for an ice cream at Brewsters. The plaza has a small pond where we saw Canada Geese a few weeks ago. I needed a CG fix […]
Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival
This year’s festival was great! I made this sketch early on Saturday. Within a half an hour I couldn’t see across the street! Everyone was in a festive mood and….. they brought their wallets 🙂 Mind you, the majority of purchases were smaller but, it was so wonderful to see a few good sized paintings […]
My Tools of Discovery
The theme of the next issue of ArtNews, the Arts Council of Beaufort County’s quarterly publication, is Innovation: Science, Technology & the Arts. I have been invited to author the All Art is Local column. I love the theme. It’s a natural fit with my love of nature journaling. I’m very honored to partake! This […]
3 Second Poses of our Doodle Bear, a.k.a. Dudley
Dudley sat still for the longest time. That is until I reached for my Moleskine. Then he really put me to work with 3 second poses. Finally I grabbed the camera 🙂 Here are our sweet fur kids enjoying the back of the docked pontoon boat. It was a picture perfect evening.
