Festive Flock jigsaw puzzle box cover

Jigsaw Puzzle

For several years now I have had a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle made from a painting for Mike’s Christmas present. This year’s puzzle image was “Festive Flock”. I filled in some of the …

New Butterfly Painting Underway

After much deliberation, I’ve decided that the Resplendant Forester butterfly, Bebearia sp., will be the subject of my next watercolor. It may be just the first of a new butterfly series, …

December Concerts

I sang with the Marin Symphony Chamber Chorus in their annual “Holiday Choral Concert by Candlelight” at St. Raphael’s Church on December 5 & 6. It’s such a lovely way to …

Duet: Dolci Chiodi by G.H. Handel

I sang Handel’s Dolci Chiodi, a duet for soprano and alto, with Elsa Nichols in a Marin Baroque concertin 2013.  Here is a video of it on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8lV40UpW_E

Art Exhibit in San Francisco #2

This second flyer was sent as a reminder about my SF exhibit: Nature – Three Visions. All the information is the same as in my last post, but with a new image.

Art Exhibit in San Francisco

Nature – Three Visions I will be exhibiting paintings in San Francisco for the first time! My work has been seen in the North Bay for 20 years, but this …

Festive Flock ID Chart

Here is the Festive Flock ID Chart, with both common and scientific names of 42 wonderous feathered friends! Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus Banded Cotinga Cotinga maculata Black-and-Red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos …

Festive Flock has Arrived

Festive Flock, my newest watercolor painting, is finally completed! There is an ID chart to go with it, specifying the 42 colorful birds from around the world that I chose …

Dreamhaven, by Tracy Tandy

Dreamhaven, by Tracy Tandy, is published and available in paperback and ebook editions. This is the first title released from Inevitable Ink Publishing. Cara Bevan created the charming illustrations and …

Dido & Aeneas

Marin Baroque presented “Dido & Aeneas” on June 26 and 27, 2015. It was a fully staged opera performed outdoors in the courtyard of the First Presbyterian Church of San …

Time to Heal

Well, I did it. I fell on the tile floor of my kitchen and fractured my sacrum in two places. Darn. If only I could have caught myself… But the …

Valentine’s Day Concert

Marin Baroque is sponsoring a Valentine’s Day chamber concert by Calextone, a wonderful early music ensemble of four women musician/singers. The Marin Baroque chamber chorus won’t be performing in this …