Lori Ann Signori Pastel Workshop in Maine
The culture of this group is super inclusive and supportive, and everyone felt embraced and safe and welcome. It was good to be together.
Art
I’m in this Connecticut Women Artists Summer Sizzle Show
Check out my favorites in this show, as well as see mine.
Making a Sketchbook for Pastel (Sketchbook Ideas #25)
Preparing a whole book like this makes it easy to have a grab and go sketchbook for pastel where you can capture some plein air ideas wherever you go.
Three Small Abstracts in Oil
I’m liking this small size just to try things out and play with different compositional ideas and processes. Things I learn in these will be applied in larger work.
New Page Spread in my Grid Journal (Sketchbook ideas #24)
This is a great way to get a little bit of art in when you are too busy otherwise, and it is very low stakes and soothing right before bed.
Amaranth Ehranhalt (Featured Artist)
I love her colors, her brave spirit, and the fact that she wasn’t waiting for anyone’s validation.
Dawn Spilling over the Hillside (New Painting in Oil)
Don’t you just love how dawn just spills over a hillside? You’ve just got to be up and out in order to see it.
Women of Abstract Expressionism
I enjoyed this library book of the early women abstract expressionists. You can see my favorite images in the book below. There are short bios on each of these women. If this is a topic of interest to you, you may wish to check this one out. … Read more
Two Small Abstract Landscapes in Oil
Both of these are 11″x14″ and done in oil. Which one do you like best?
Like a Watered Garden (New Oil Painting)
I’ve always loved that the Bible likens your soul to a “watered garden.” With all the rain recently, it was finally time to paint it.
Warm Sunbeam in the Garden (New Painting in Oil)
I’ve been painting in the garden lately in oil. I’ve got several on the go, but this is the first one finished.
Drawing Brings Connectedness (Quote by by Frederick Franck)
I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have not seen
Elizabeth Cummings (Featured Artist)
Elizabeth Cummings is an Australian artist, whose work I just recently became acquainted with. I thought you might like to see it too.
Two Drawings from our Garden (Sketchbook Ideas #23)
I’ll be doing more of this. Maybe you want to give it a try too.
I am in the IAPS Pastel World International Show 2026
It is a superb honor to be juried into the top pastel show in the world, which is taking place now in Albuquerque. More than that, however, is that it is my fifth time to get into this show, which is the benchmark for becoming what is known as a “Master Pastellist.”
PSME Plein Air Retreat (Paintings by me and Others)
In this post is most of what was painted in our four day pastel plein air painting retreat in Cushing, Maine.