As I made my way through the gate at Edisto State Park, I was greeted by the sweetest face and friendliest smile. "Just one, I told her"...

When I began my artistic journey I had very few tools and less knowledge about what it would look like to create a first painting. But I...

Dear Papa, (My Great-Grandfather, Mr. Alec P. Vaughan, ) I decided to take your jeans on their last walk down "The Lane." That beautiful...

On June 17, 2021 I opened my latest art show, a retrospective of 20 years, at the Stanley Arts Center in Hampton, SC. It was sweetly...

It began in the most beautiful way. January 29 our family expanded by two of the most precious feet ever! Jeremiah Paul was born to...

When Dave and I had decided that marriage to each other was our future, we began to think about our wedding rings and what we wanted them...

It is late Spring around my yard here in the South. The Azaleas have ceased their explosive colors and are now putting on their new green...

May 5, 2020 The old joke goes that “Punctuation saves lives;” with the example: “Let’s eat, Grandma!” or "Let’s eat Grandma." And if you...

Sometimes things happen that are so unbelievable, and extraordinary that you think to yourself – If I tell this to anyone, they will...

Yesterday I mentioned Amy Carmichael, missionary to India. It seems so simple to just say missionary, yet she was so much more. There are...

Nacre (/’neiker/NAY-ker/naekre/NAK-re) also known as mother-of-pearl, is an organic-inorganic composite material produced by some...

May is my month to burn some ships.

When my parents left their home of Hilton Head and moved to the country outside of Yemassee, SC a lot of new activities appeared on the...

All the messages blasting across social media and news outlets had me thinking that maybe I just didn’t want to add to the mix. I do not...

I recently visited the Farmer’s Market at the Amphitheater in St. Augustine FL. It is one of the most diverse and interesting farmer’s...

Somewhere around 2002 I was driving into Beaufort and passed a sign at a roadside farmer’s market stand. The sign was large, and painted...

Our lives are made up of moments. It is sometimes hard to tell which are the ones that will leave the lasting impression: moments that...

I have kept all kinds of journals in my life. A few years back I purchased an oversized empty book titled “Artists I have met and Liked,”...

I hope that it encourages beginner artists to know that I didn’t start painting until I was almost 40. And that I basically “taught...

I recently created a new gallery wall in my home. I had long wanted to put a collection of original and prints of international locales...