Paul

After more than a day in transit, we have arrived at Mont St Michel on the Normandy coast of France. My Watercolor Sketchbook Tour of France begins here and we'll spend the next few days exploring the area and making liquid notes about it. This is the view from our room at the Hotel Relais…

Winter is on it’s way and I was already dreaming of warm, sunny places to escape the winter chill when I got a call from Hawaiian Art Journey asking if I’d like to have a workshop in January at the Kona Village Resort, an all-inclusive private resort set on 82 acres of the most beautiful…

We’ve been all over the country this year, teaching workshops and exploring for inspiration, and only a couple of weeks at home is barely enough time to catch up, but it will do. In three weeks we depart for France for a watercolor sketchbook tour of some of my favorite places there. Mont St Michel…

Just south of Norman, OK, if you get off the interstate, you’ll find alittle town named Noble and a fantastic meal with great company at Kendall’s Restaurant. Try the lemon pepper or the blackened fish but make sure you save room for their decadent signature cinnamon rolls.Tell Dee and De we said Hi!

Wow! My opening at the new Gallery Main Street in Tyler was overwhelming! It seemed the entire city showed up! It was a little too crowded, but the turnout for such an event was impressive! Many thanks I owe to our host, artist Debbie Cannatella, who made the whole event happen for us. I know…

Among the floating houses in Sausalito I watched an egret stalking breakfast. The reflections of the houses made for a surreal, constantly morphing backdrop.

We sat on the jetty at the end of the runway on Orcas Island to watch sunset. Every 15 minutes or so the antique bi-plane would land after a quick aerial tour. Each time he would approach the runway the seagull would take off and race the plane to a landing. It appeared to be…

One more walk on the beach at sunrise before catching the ferry to Cedar Island.

We ferried the van over to Ocracoke Island for a sunset walk on the beach, but had such a good time that we missed the last ferry and got to spend the night. Walking the beach by moonlight was great! The full moon gave us enough light to watch the ghost crabs fishing in the…