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 "Those who do not move, do not notice their chains." - Rosa Luxemburg I've been working on a very challenging painting this week.  Every time I put my canvas on my easel and pick up my brush, I feel a little paralyzed and chained.  But, when I start moving my brush around the tough areas of the composition, the chains eventually turn into silk threads and I'm seeing something beautiful unfold.  The journey of an artist's life is not without difficulties, but nothing worth achieving is ever easy.  - Jill Saur   Below, please enjoy some photos of students from past...

 "Anyone who says you can't see a thought simply doesn't know art." ~Wynetka Ann Reynolds Please enjoy these beautiful expressive works of art by my talented and wonderful students.  These photos are a blast from the past. If you've experienced the fun of a painting party and you'd like to join a class to learn how to draw and paint, please consider signing up for one of my weekly classes.  Please see my website to read what my students have to say about painting with me.  Here, on my website, you'll find my class schedule and class policies.  Please feel free...

"While talent or genius must exist, at best they are merely embryonic factors and no one can guide these into productive artistry without the initiative, perseverance and determination of the student.  To say that the artist is born and not made, is only partly true.  Actually, while it is an important qualification, there is no proof of real worth in talent until it has been developed and expanded by a tremendous amount of serious study and plain hard work." - Edgar Payne Please enjoy these truly stunning works by my industrious, creative, and awesome students! It's very rewarding to watch my students...

Martin Glaser, a legendary New York graphic designer, famous for creating the ‘I Love New York’ logo, recently spoke about something that’s dear to my heart.  Martin said, “If you can sustain your interest in what you’re doing, you’re an extremely fortunate person.  What you see very frequently in people’s professional lives, and perhaps in their emotional life as well, is that they lose interest in the third act.  You sort of get tired, and indifferent, and sometimes, defensive and you kind of lose your capacity for astonishment, and that’s a great loss, because the world is a very astonishing place.” Most of my clients...

My new 48"x 48" acrylic painting commission is finished!  My wonderful clients, who live in Atlanta, commissioned me to paint this glowing aspen tree painting for over their fireplace in their beautiful home.  Vicky saw a small painting on my website that she loved and asked me to do a similar painting for over their fireplace.  You can see the smaller painting above my canvas on the right.  Slightly altering the colors and composition, I painted a small acrylic painting to get their approval for the larger piece (painting on the upper left).  After spending two months on this new...