The Awesome Cathy Lee Phillips--I had the pleasure of photographing! Cathy is an awesome writer of funny Christian books and was the speaker at our women's retreat at the First United Methodist Church last March. She came to us from Atlanta and came back to Athens to let me shoot her newest promotional headshots for the book she has coming out this fall. She also came to talk to Sister Grace too and shared some awesome news with us. More to come on that as things unfold! See her images in this slideshow...

Fresh off my easel!

After all this being around Walter Jr. from Louisiana (singing on his CD!) and listening to Louis Armstrong as the house music during my art workshop, I was aching to paint something from my heritage of Southern Louisiana! I began this painting in my workshop yesterday as my demo, and I finished it up today. An awesome spread of hot boiled crawfish and potatoes and my beloved Tabasco Sauce. A piece I have several ideas for titles for. Vote for your favorite!

Art Camp Week!

Today my art camps began--and I had a ball teaching these kids! I haven't taught really young kids in a long time, and it was so refreshing to be sitting and teaching these little ones. They were so precious! I utilized somewhat the Monart method of teaching, and it is amazing how quickly young eyes begin to see the world around them more like an artist and can, therefore, amaze themselves with what they can draw. Just an FYI, Katie and Marcie on the right of the image are sisters--both Chinese girls adopted from China. Marcie is an albino Chinese girl--the only person I have ever seen like that in my life. She is so unique and so beautiful! Both of them--all of these children are! They lit up my day today, and I look forward to the rest of the camp with them. We will paint tomorrow--self portraits!

Proud to show their art!



A sneak peek at the painting I demo-ed for the kids...a hint: crawfish!

My Winner!

Captivating Photo Shoot Special!

Last February, I posed a challenge to read the book Captivating, and send in your short personal story to win an awesome "Captivating" Photo Shoot with me. Today, I am declaring the winner! I know of many captivating women, but one sent in a very different reaction to the book than I had. It was a very compelling story, told very honestly, and she came out of it a better woman, realizing her beauty through her troubled childhood. The winner of my shoot special is my friend Marcia Whitaker from Anniston, Alabama! If you would like to read her story, she is glad for you to. Comment to request it. I will post photos from our session--sure to be an awesome shoot--I can't wait!

Women In Art

This is an amazingly done video that my sister-in-law sent me this morning. Enjoy it!!

The Amazing Scott Fenton

Not long ago at Art House here at my studio, where all kinds of artists and musicians gathered to mingle over great hors d'oeuvres and live music, there appeared from those gathered a 16 year old young man with truly amazing talent. He is Scott Fenton, the son of one of my best friends. I knew that he had taken piano over the years, but he totally blew me away as well as others there. Watch this!

WE ARE LIVE!

My band Sister Grace is now live on the web! Our website is finally here--and we thank Bludomain for creating such a beautiful site for us. They totally rock! Please bookmark us! Our site name is: Sister Grace Music dot com: www.sistergracemusic.com Take a minute and go browse our site and let us know what you think! Blessings to you as summer starts!