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Fine Art Painting Classes in Roswell, GA. "Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings, The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul. - Wassily Kandinsky Talk about causing vibrations in the soul, check out these awesome painting by my students. If you've experienced the fun of a painting party and you'd like to join a class to learn more about how to draw and paint, please consider signing up for one of my weekly fine art classes.  Read what my...

"A tree is such a rich metaphor in a million beautiful ways.  You can consider a tree growing and consider its connectedness to all things above and under the ground." - Ann Brashares"Winter Solstice", the title of my 18"x24" acrylic fall aspen tree painting, shows fall giving way to winters first snow.  This painting represents the transitions we face in life and the path  symbolizes the journey we must take through those transitions.   My paintings can be purchased directly from my website with a secured shopping cart.  If you live in the Atlanta area, make an appointment with me and...

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." - Albert Einstein  Albert Einstein’s brilliant quote is profound.  Helping my students tap into their creative side is only one facet of my desired goal.  Awakening them to the joy that unfolds in the creative and learning process is my higher aim. A person doesn't just start playing the piano without any exploration of the keyboard. However, after gaining sufficient knowledge and spending time practicing, they can freely move about the keys and write their own music.  Oh the joy of composing! The same holds...

"Sometimes, if you want to really see, first you need to close your eyes." - Jill Saur THIS IS A POST FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO.  I COULDN'T RESIST!   So, I've been studying the lives of several amazing artists who are blind.  They find great success with their work through feeling deeply and using physical touch to identify the size and shape of what they're drawing and painting.     Since I've been talking with my students about not being a slave to their photograph that they're working from, and because I want everyone to connect more with what they're doing, I...

 Van Gogh's Letter To Theo: Learning To Draw It’s more or less the same with drawing as with writing. When one learns to write as a child, one has the feeling that one will never discover how to do it, and it seems to be a miracle when one sees the schoolmaster write so quickly. Nevertheless, in time one grasps it. And I really believe that one must learn to draw in such a way that it’s as easy as writing something down, and that one must master proportion and learn to see in such a way that one can reproduce...