Fueled by Clouds & Coffee

About 20 years ago, I was making abstract paintings, collages and fiber works to sell in group shows and galleries. Everything had to be re...

  8/16/24 Macrina Bakery, Maple Leaf neighborhood Whenever I sit at Macrina Bakery’s outdoor tables, I wonder about the dilapidated garage ...

  8/13/24 Green Lake Village courtyard After sketching the sequoia , I had planned to walk home directly, but the sketch took longer than ex...

  7/6/24 Maple Leaf Although plants and animals suffer from lack of rain, I appreciate this time of year when I can go out for my daily walk...

Hard-working grays In clothing, home décor, accessories and other products, gray is one of my least favorite colors ( though I just bought a...

  8/1/24 Ravenna neighborhood. This Doug fir is one of the most magnificent street trees in this series -- enormous and split right down the...

7/31/24 Green Lake and Maple Leaf My initial diary comics self-challenge last spring was to get myself to sketch more from memory and imagi...

  7/29/24 Capitol Hill neighborhood A favor to a friend gave me a leisurely sketchwaiting opportunity in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, wher...

7/15/24 Fresh Flours, Greenwood/Phinney Ridge neighborhood If you’ve ever lived in the same house for several decades (36 years, actually), ...

  7/13 - 7/14/24 Ravenna neighborhood street trees Now that I’ve finished sketching the trees in both the Maple Leaf and Green Lake neighb...

  6/27 - 7/4/24 Maple Leaf neighborhood A year ago, a huge utility project began in the ‘hood, and it took nearly that long to finish as it...

  7/1/24 Ballard neighborhood, mostly viewed from Top Pot The west edge of Ballard near the Lake Washington Ship Canal is a part of the neig...

  7/5/24 Project 9 Brewing Co. On the first day of our heatwave, a few members of USk Seattle gathered at Project 9 Brewing Company for a dr...

6/23/24 My lunch at McMenamins Olympic Club in Centralia on the way down to Portland. What’s the difference between my sketch journal , my w...

  6/25/24 Tanner Springs Park, Portland Another highlight of my trip down south was meeting up with Urban Sketchers Portland . Vicky Porter,...