Wrote this in response to a student regarding art assignments with specific themes, but since I hadn't verbalized these ideas in a while, I thought I would post it here as well.  She wondered what was wrong with just drawing pretty pictures.  The answer, I think, is nothing: As an artist you are throwing your work out into the world, and hoping it connects with an audience. The strength of that connection, its resonance, is, I think, the measure of good art. All art is expression; meaning is its interpretation. Good work will always create a resonance in the audience's imagination, a meaning they draw from it and that draws them to it, wheth

Just popping on to remind everyone that many of my holiday cards are available as, well, holiday cards in my DA shop.  =) I hope to be back and more active again soon.

I LIVE I have made a whole bunch more images available as prints!  Classic Holiday cards are now available for your Yuletide needs.  I have also made more options available-- magnets, mouse pads, postcards!  And you can now buy Golden Dream as a large print or even as a wrapped canvas.  Please head on over to my shop! More stuff soon.