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A Very Good Sign

Yesterday, the new signs for Willa Home went up...   Bringing all the details together takes a mix of exact measuring and visual fussing. For example, keeping the graceful elegant...

Paulie Pigskin in the House...

Thursday evening I got an urgent call about a color consulting project in Phoenix and by Monday morning I was flying out to meet Nathan Marmor, the local CertaPro Painters...

A Week in the Life

My brother, Lane, texted me Friday- 'You're all over Better Homes and Gardens" (pause for celebration- yea!!) [caption id="attachment_5429" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Jody Gorlock, author of this 34 Secrets article, compiled...

One Color, Infinite Ideas

It's been a spooky warm winter here in the San Francisco Bay Area and I for one feel parched (must be my Oregonian blood)... But it's raining today! [caption id="attachment_5122"...

Getting Started... sort of...

The light blue frame you see here belonged to my grandfather who was an oil painter... [caption id="attachment_4825" align="aligncenter" width="439" caption="That's my grandfather, Rosel, sitting with my grandma. My dad...

Passionate Color Palette

My brother, Lane, introduced me to the work of Jim Nares... ah, I want a painting of his, to paint like him, to create something as beautiful... needless to say,...