Online Class, Painting Koi & Reflections Yesterday I spent the afternoon wandering through the marshes with tea in hand, listening to frogs and red-winged blackbirds while the boardwalk carried me over still water and reeds. These walks always feel like a kind of forest bathing for the imagination, a quiet return to observation, myth, and calm. That atmosphere inspired my next online koi class. We’ll be focusing on how to paint koi beneath reflected skies, trees, and moving w

Trip To Mexico City This past October I had the good fortune to visit Mexico City during the week of Day of The Dead. My hosts were gracious and welcomed me with open arms to their San Angel Art Studio, @clasespinturacondesa where I taught a 5-day painting workshop on Birds and Flowers. During my stay, I also visited the Ecological Park at Xochimilco and attended a few Day of the Dead Festivities. I was mostly drawn to wildlife and nature on this visit, however, as each of