Good Bye, Massachusetts and Hello, Connecticut!

日本語 I just moved to Danbury, Connecticut from Franklin, Massachusetts in mid-October. It has been a bit crazy before and after the move. I had no time to paint for a while. Now that my little one started going to a new preschool, I finally got time to breathe. This allowed me to look back at the 2.5 years I spent in MA. The…

Kyoto Autumn Leaves

日本語 It has gotten a lot cooler here in Massachusetts. I feel that autumn is approaching slowly. There will be a juried show, “The Artist Travels”,  at Rhode Island Watercolor Society in September, so I wanted to paint a beautiful autumn landscape from one of my past trips outside the United States. My Austrian husband is a big fan of Japan, so he suggested…

“Summer Garden” Plein Air or Studio Painting?

日本語 How are you enjoying summer? It is a prime time for Plein Air painters. I started painting landscapes with an art teacher who was a Plein Air painter, so this style used to be my primary style.  Even though I still believe that Plein Air painting is the best way to express direct response to the scene you see right in front of you,…