We all have a story. Mine is very California-ish. It has to do with fate, destiny and light. My name is Nancy Mills and I started painting at 70. As […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
Written by Charlie O'Shields
My name is Rafael DeSoto, Jr. I’m originally from Long Island, NY and have been living in northern and central California since the mid-1970s. I’m fortunate to have been taught and […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
Hi, my name is Susan Chiang and I’m from Orange County, California. My earliest memories of creating art are happy ones. My mom enrolled me in classes alongside my younger […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
My name is Jim Huppenthal. I live in Valley Village, California, a small neighborhood just north of downtown Los Angeles and only a couple miles from Warner Bros. and Universal […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
My name is Mark Garner. I live in Palo Alto, California. My passion for nature, places, and different cultures is at the core of my inspiration and the subject of […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
My name is Susan Walsh Harper and I’m currently living on the beautiful north coast of California in McKinleyville. Art and music have been part and parcel of my life […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
Hello, my name is Shiho Nakaza. A big “thank you” to Charlie for inviting me to participate! I was born in Okinawa, Japan and emigrated to California with my family […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
My name is Leslie Rich and I’m from Willits, California in Mendocino County. When I was a young woman, I used to carry a sketchbook with me. It was a sort […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
While sitting on the deck today, I was visited by a wasp and was meaning to sketch him, but found a far prettier one while researching wasps. So for today’s […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
These beautiful doodlewashes come to us from Jaimie Campbell in the San Joaquin Valley of California, where she lives with her husband, Evan, and their dogs. (follow her on Instagram and Twitter!) Jaimie grew up […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
This is a little scene of Philippe and I reimagined in LEGO. It’s sitting on a shelf in our house in front of a little LEGO Eiffel Tower. I hadn’t […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields