"NO. I can make a
living doing what I
love, painting. I don't
have time enough to
paint all the ideas I
have or time enough
to play with all the
amazing color
combinations."
"SHHH....Please do not let the fates hear,   
but ,
OF COURSE,
I know.  "

If you sell everything you make, why not have employees
and make more money?
Where do you get your ideas??
"I  look around my house, my yard, my life and something
catches my eye.
Ideas are like pebbles on the beach. Some just call out to
be picked up and handled.   
"I like doing my own work, in my own way, in my lovely,
organized, QUIET, studio. I don't enjoy managing other
people or trying to market more work to pay employees.
Simple and quiet works for me."
Do you have
other income?
"No."
"Please buy
something."
Do you teach?  Will
you give me lessons?
    You live on a small lake with the  Sleeping Bear
    Dunes National Lakeshore abutting your property.
    You make a living with your art, you are still
    married (happily) to your high school
    sweetheart...
DO YOU KNOW HOW LUCKY YOU ARE???????
Do you live Up North year round?
"YES. And LOVE  it!!!"
    Do you work regular hours?  Do you do all-nighters when Inspiration hits?  Do
    your painting ideas come to you in your dreams at night?

    " Chip and I work most hours. We do take walks, or bike rides,  garden, xcski, kayak, or in some
    way do something  "fun"  everyday,  but mostly we are in the studio doing art.  It is our life.  
    Inspiration hits me all the time, all day long.  I need to sleep at  night.  I have usually earned it.  
    And, no, I do not have practical dreams where Paintings paint themselves while I sleep."
    BUT, Can you really  
    paint????
    " If you mean do I use
    chiaroscuro, light and
    shadow, for a photographic
    effect,
    it doesn't interest me
    much. I like strong graphic
    line and  flat blocks of
    color, and lots and lots of
    pattern, and painting with
    glaze IS painting.
FREQUENTLY
ASKED
QUESTIONS
    Do you have children?  No, by choice, and
    fortunately, with only few regrets.
FEEL FREE
to ask Pat or
Chip
anything.
They are
flattered
that anyone
is even
curious.