I'm back! It's a new year and I'm so excited about all the things I am going to be doing with my art. This year is "art without limits"! I am working on so many things I don't know where to begin, but to start the year off on a great note, I am the feature artist for January and February at a new coffee shop/art gallery in Lake Villa called Julie's Coffee, on route 83. I will be displaying a collection of my oil paintings there starting Jan. 14th, and the grand opening will be Jan. 20th. Please stop in Saturday the 20th, if you're in the neighborhood!

I am also starting something totally new for me: teaching drawing/art classes. Well, it's not totally new. I taught individual instruction classes when I was still in college. I will be getting more information on my classes added to my website in the next month or so, but for now I have three students to start the new year.

A quick update on the bench I painted last year. Here is the finished product. The sale of my bench, along with many other benches painted by local artists raised over $12,000 for the Lake Villa food Pantry and Art Scholarships for Lake Villa High School.