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I started coloring in Spring 2025 to help me reduce "scanziety" while waiting for results of biopsies and scans for cancer. I have three primary cancers, one of which is not curable, so I have a lot of testing done on a routine basis. In between treatments, in October 2026, I decided to take an art class to see if it could help me get better at coloring and therefore enjoy it more. Something clicked during that class, led by one of the best instructors in the Pacific Northwest, so I am now studying art with the same committment that I give to my profession.

Subsequent works are shown below. (Click on any image to enlarge it.)

Someone said, "It's interesting you had to lose so many body parts to become whole."

Classes & Studies

Colored Pencil In-Person Classes

Black Barn Fine Art Studio | Eileen Sorg | 2025-26

Black Barn Workshops and Classes

My Own Path

Colored Pencil Stew - May 2026

Occasional Rain

Colored Pencil Stew - October 2025

Watercolor In-Person Classes

Black Barn Fine Art Studio | Derek Gundy | 2026

Black Barn Workshops and Classes

Based on Derek's "Choices" painting

Shades of Italy - Venice Reflections, March 2026

Landscape scene from our imagination

Intro to Watercolor, January 2026

Ongoing Classical Instruction in Drawing & Painting

Andrews Atelier | James Andrews | 2026

Black Barn Workshops and Classes

Bargue Plate

June 2026

Paul by the Window

May 2026

Dottie

April 2026

Adam

20-min pose, March 2026

Bargue Plate

February 2026

Micah

30-min pose, February 2026

Online Colored Pencil Tutorials

Claire Milligan Bird & Wildlife Artist | Claire Milligan | 2025-26

Patreon

Female Cardinal

May 2026; reference photo by Skyler Ewing

Red Panda

March 2026

Red Squirrel

January 2026; reference photo by Hans Peter-Ilge

American Goldfinch

December 2025; reference photo by Jorg Blankenburg

Raven

November 2025; reference photo by Pixabay

Siskin

November 2025; reference photo by Gill Merritt

Singing Bluethroat

November 2025; reference photo by Krzysztof Kozlowski

Anna's Hummingbird

November 2025; reference photo by Kyle Blaney

Working on my own

Melinda Wedgewood | 2026

Derek as a Boy

April 2026

Liberty Bay Marina, Poulsbo

March 2026

Paul at Breakfast, 5 a.m.

February 2026

Beach and sky

January 2026

Mountains and Sky

January 2026

House and Sky

January 2026

Joy Takes Flight

November 2025

Betrayal

Spring 2025

More Cancer Surgery

Spring 2025

Scars

Summer 2025

More Cancer

Spring 2025

Lumpectomy vs. Mastectomy

Spring 2025

Biopsy

Spring 2025

Colored Pencil Online Class

MS Fine Art | Megan Seiter | 2025-26

https://www.msfineartstudio.com/

Tulip

December 2025

Marbles

December 2025

Cherry

December 2025

Watercolor Online Class with Anthony

Watercolor Affair | Anthony Roebuck | 2025-26

Watercolor Masterclass for Beginners

Neighbor's Cat

January 2026

Red Tulips

January 2026

Cactus

December 2025

Seascape

December 2025

Sodas

December 2026

Fall Leaves

December 2025

Amazon Boxes

December 2025

Watermelon Slices

December 2026

Abstract Sun

December 2025

Sketching Online Class with Ian

Urban Sketch | Ian Fennelly | 2026

Learn Urban Sketching

Zebra

April 2026

Elephant

February 2026

Porto Square

January 2026

Watercolor Online Class with Andy

Mini-Course | Andy Evansen | 2026

https://artefactoschool.online/

Winter Sky Near Andy's House

February 2026

Horses

February 2026

Stormy Sky

January 2026

Sketching Online Class with Toby

Sketch Loose | Toby Haseler | 2025-26

https://www.sketchloose.co.uk/

Field of Flowers

February 2026

Layers of a Feather

December 2025

Hidra

December 2025

London Street

December 2025

Floral Street

December 2025

Santiago

December 2025

Penrith Bothy

November 2025

Blue Mushroom

November 2025

Japanese Teahouse

November 2025

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