Art by JPL

Highlights of a week in Paris - museums, history, and amazing food!

I spent last week at Hudson River Valley Art Workshops with the incredible Kellee Wynne Conrad. What a fantastic week! The main house has art supplies for sa...

I am so humbled and honored that so many people came out to my artist's reception. My Dad and I spent hours hanging all the paintings over two afternoons lea...

When I started thinking about writing a 2018 year in review post I didn't feel like there would be much to report. It's so important to look back at the year...

I take a weekly painting class at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA. It's a great class with super talented students and an incredibly wise t...

Traveling in the Adirondacks with my family is a yearly tradition. I have been spending summers there since I was a baby! I love to be there with my own kids...

I absolutely loved traveling in Australia with the kids this summer. What an incredible experience!! Melbourne is a beautiful city and I was amazed by how it...

Summer starts next week! The kids will soon be done with school and we will begin our crazy summer adventure. I'm taking them to visit close friends in Melbo...

My family and I just got home from our latest travel adventure to southern France. It was an unbelievably beautiful vacation filled with excellent food, perf...

I started a course in March called Abstractify by Tara Leaver. I've made my way through the first week and I am having a blast. I can feel a shift happening ...

We had such a lovely vacation in Puerto Vallarta last week. We saw the sun! We ate delicious food. We spent time with family. We sat in the shade. OK, I sat ...

Last week I was interviewed by the amazingly talented Molly O’Riley for her Darling Rage Nation podcast. You guys. I was so excited to talk with her as I’ve...

I am officially changing my 15-in-30 painting challenge to a 15 in 2018 challenge. Or a 15 in 365. However you want to look at it. I have the canvases and I ...

This has been a crazy year - from political marches and protests, to traveling around with the kids. I am so grateful for everything I have learned and I am ...

I feel like I am probably the last person in the world to discover the wonderful world of podcasts. It all started with an artist that I follow on instagram,...

Do you have a hard time picking gifts for people? I have the best idea ever and I'm only slightly biased. I truly believe that paintings make amazing gifts. ...

I've been thinking recently about where ideas come from. I'm often asked about that as a visual artist and I don't always understand the answer myself! I hav...

Has a painting ever changed your life? For me, I was a freshman at Oberlin College when I first saw Monet's Wisteria that hangs in the Allen Memorial Art Mus...

I'm not great at introducing myself. This is the most noticeable in real-life settings when I just smile and assume everyone around me already knows each oth...

The second half of summer vacation included 2 weeks in the peaceful Adirondacks (briefly interrupted by a quick trip to NYC for a lovely wedding). I've spent...