On Wednesday August 18th, my husband Kent, my son Lucas & I spent the day in  the middle Cat room at the Humane Society of Marion County. I had already done some work there earlier this year, but we still had to finish the Cat Walk Wall. My husband had a great idea in mind [...]

While I was painting the “Kitty Tree” (Previous Post) at the Humane Society, the director, Bruce, asked if I could paint the words “Meet & Greet Room” on the door of the room where once a person chooses a dog they might like to adopt, they bring them in there to play with and hopefully [...]

On January 16th my friend Jen introduced me to Bruce Fishalow the Executive Director of the Humane Society in Marion County. I’ve been wanting to do something for the them since I started Maggie’s Angels and for one reason or another nothing ever developed. Timing is everything. Upon meeting Bruce, he gave me a tour [...]

Here’s what I’m currently working on, I’m finally doing paintings of my own animals. Angel the Westie, Sky the Aussie and Luna my horse, the goats are coming in the next batch. They are all at the beginning stages of the painting process, but you can still see the personality starting to come out.  The [...]

  On March 7th a very special event happened here in Ocala, a concert called Kidfetti brought some major musical talent to this town for a great cause. This is the second year “The Centers,  which is a Central Florida based private behavioral health and substance abuse center, hosted this event in an effort to raise [...]

My Father Jorge and Mother Maruja The amazing Paella!  Eli and Omar Miguel Playing Flamenco Music Eli “La Salerita” Dancing with Flamenco Spice My attempt at the Flamenco Dance On Sunday February 15th my husband and I hosted a party we called “A Night in Spain” We belong to a charitable group called “The Salon [...]

Artful Giving is a wonderful event that transforms the Marion Cultural Alliance (MCA) into a Christmas boutique. This is the second year MCA brings unique, affordable gifts handcrafted by local artists to the Brick City Center for the Arts. We had so much fun celebrating the grand opening. There was wonderful Christmas music, refreshments and ofcourse a lot [...]

I received this message from Sylvia Richardson; “I am a big fan of yours. I first learned about your terrific work when you were featured in Ocala Style Magazine. I teach art at Belleview High School and introduced my students to your delightful work. Some tried to do portraits of their dogs using your style. I [...]

  Experimenting with three types of art materials      On Oct. 10, I had the privilege to be invited as guest speaker for the Girl Scout Troop 486. They were working on their Art merit badge and the theme was “Women who paint”.    I spoke about how I became involved in the arts [...]

   Here is another Marion Cultural Alliance and Humane Society of Marion County fundraising project that I participated in that featured my Angels. Barkitecture was a terrific project were local Architects designed Dog Houses that would then be auctioned off to benefit these organizations. I helped create a house we called Cracker Hounds. Paddock Park Animal Care Center sponsored it, Schatt Construction, Inc. built it, and [...]