I'd love to see you! And Please enjoy the slide show I made for the event, sped up with a bit of music for easier online consumption. xx FF

For May I challenge you to make a painting including the element of fire. Appropriate I say.. as it is Beltane today which is celebrated with bonfires and marks the beginning of summer and a season of fertility and abundance! And a full moon! I hope it's a fertile creative summer season for you, fruitful with paintings. Here's a painting I made while on lockdown the summer of 2020, from a livestream video of a campfire on youtube. Post your Fire paintings in the feed, and under the category "Monthly Painting Challenge"

Here are some of mine of late. I feel like this could be an interesting conversation or workshop.

https://www.xrite.com/hue-test Lower scores are best for accuracy

My next event! On Thursday, May 7th 5:30-7pm I've been invited to give a presentation about my Creative Coaching during SF Small Business Week at the main branch of the SF Public Library. I'm planning a lot of fun things with the librarians! - wine and chocolate - a show of my paintings - a slide show of my entire professional art career/small business (wow that's been a TRIP to create!). - A glowing, golden question box for attendees to place their current issues with balancing creative satisfaction and running a small business. - A play list of vibey music crafted for me from my fave 90's cinematic/girl tunes. - And a cafe atmosphere. Well that's what I've asked for and it all seems to be going smoothly. I'd love your answers to this question too. If folks are shy to speak up in real life, I'd like to have ringer questions from my people online!