
2026 Azalea Garden Tour and Benefit Art Sale, April 10 - 12, Wilmington, NC. Tickets available here.
Information about the Benefit Art Sale and available artwork can be found here.

Find more info about Raleigh Little Theater’s Backstage Night and Spotlights & Brushstrokes here.

Click here for details about my Oil Painting Fundamentals Workshops.

Time is running out to see the beautiful works created during the 9th annual Paint it Orange event. The adult division can be seen in person at the Thomas Steven’s Gallery in Hillsborough, NC and youth division on the second floor of the Hillsborough library through Nov 8. You can also view and purchase the paintings online here. My painting is #68, found in Division 51 - 76.

You can view and bid on artwork featured in the Common Good Mutual Aid Auction to benefit Orange County artists impacted by Hurricane Chantal here.

Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival Show and Sale detail available here.

Access the Common Good Mutual Aid Auction in support of artists impacted by Tropical Storm Chantal here.

Interested in commissioning a painting? For details, click here.

Register here for my workshop at The Centerpiece about the Essentials of Mixing Gorgeous Colors.

Click here for more information and to register for Pet Portraits with Personality on May 3 at Studio Artiste in Wilmington, NC.

More information about my upcoming Pet Portrait Workshops can be found here.

Register here for my workshop at The Centerpiece about the Essentials of Mixing Gorgeous Colors.

Shop my Valentine’s Day Collection here.

Several Flotilla paintings are available on my website including this one. Find them in my Small Works Collection here.

Read all about what makes my heart bloom here.

Click here to access the American Impressionist Society All Member Online Juried Exhibition.

50% of sales from my NC Mountain Collection now through Oct 31 will be donated to Hurricane relief efforts in the North Carolina mountains.

Click here for details about The House that George Built.

Click here for details about Red Barn, Blue Ridge.

Lots of new workshops now open for registration. Check them out here.

Additional details for show receptions the weekend of Sept 7 and 8 are here.

Details about my Fundamentals of Painting Workshop are available here.

For details about my upcoming Pet Portrait Workshops and other offerings, click here.

Details about my June Open Studio for Oil Painters available on page 33 here.

“Tiny Holstein” is one of 200 paintings accepted into the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Spring International Online Exhibition out of 1,200 entries. See the exhibition here.

For more information about my Fundamentals of Painting Workshop and to register click here.

Click here to view the American Impressionist Society 4th Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition.

Details about my May Open Studio for Oil Painters available on page 37 here.

Click here to subscribe to my monthlyish VIP Newsletter.

More information about the Pop-Up Show at Gallery 5/For Your Convenience available here.

Click here to read my VIP Newsletter “Every Day is a Gift”

Details about my commission process are available here.

Come celebrate Small Treasures at Cary Gallery of Artists. Details here.

Click here for more info on the Beyond Beginner's Workshop on January 26. All supplies provided!

Details about my December Open Studio for Oil Painters available here.

Details about my November Open Studio for Oil Painters available here.

Details about my Open Studio for Oils are available here.

Click Here for Glenwood Fine Art activities on First Friday, September

Click Here for Glenwood Fine Art activities on First Friday, September

Details for Wednesday/Thursday Brush Up on the Basics Bootcamp on August 30 and 31 here.

Link to "Local landscape celebrated by hundreds during Plein Air Festival" in Watauga Democrat.

National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Online Exhibition link here.

Details for Wednesday/Thursday Brush Up on the Basics Bootcamp on August 30 and 31 here.

American Impressionist Society 3rd Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition link is here. Mine is on page 31.

Details for Saturday/Sunday Brush Up Bootcamp workshop at Heart2Hands on August 12 and 13 here.

Find details about my teen class “How to Paint from Photos” here.

Details for Saturday/Sunday workshop on August 12 and 13 here.
Details for Wednesday/Thursday workshop on August 30 and 31 here.

On AI and Art:
Recently I was asked what motivated me to paint. I responded with “Easy, anything with good light and shadow”. In reflecting on that a bit, I realize that’s only half of the motivation. The remaining motivation comes from my emotional response to a subject. And, now I'm certain that is why I’ve become a representational painter; a painter of recognizable objects. Whether its poetry, music or a painting, if I feel an emotional connection…
Read the rest of this intriguing story here.

Details for Saturday/Sunday workshop on August 12 and 13 here.
Details for Wednesday/Thursday workshop on August 30 and 31 here.

American Impressionist Society 3rd Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition link is here. Mine is on page 31.

Details for Saturday/Sunday Brush Up Bootcamp workshop at Heart2Hands on August 12 and 13 here.

Find details about my teen class “How to Paint from Photos” here.

Details for Saturday/Sunday workshop on August 12 and 13 here.
Details for Wednesday/Thursday workshop on August 30 and 31 here.

Info about Coastal Clouds can be found here.

Visit Glenwood Fine Art for First Friday on June 2 from 5 - 8pm. Details for a fun evening can be found here. Hope to see you there!!!

A few summer oil painting workshops for teens and adults still have seats available at Cary Arts Center in Cary, NC. Click here for more information.

Click here for more information about Glenwood Fine Art's Grand Opening on June 2. Several of my works are available.

Click here for more information and to enroll in my Beyond Beginner Oils class on May 11 in Raleigh, NC at The Centerpiece.

Click here for more information and to enroll in my Exercises for Stronger Paintings Workshop: Brushup on the Basics Workshop

Click here for more information and to enroll in my Beginner Oils class for ages 16+ at Heart2Hands Gallery and Studios.

Prints of Strawberry Fields are available here.

Click here for more information and to enroll in my Exercises for Stronger Paintings Workshop: Brushup on the Basics Workshop

Join my VIP Newsletter here to follow my adventures and be among the first to see my newest works.

Click here for more information and to enroll in my Exercises for Stronger Paintings Workshop: Brushup on the Basics Workshop.

Click here for more information and to enroll in my Beginner Oils class for ages 16+ at Heart2Hands Gallery and Studios.

Here's the Link for more information about my Beyond Beginners ~ The Next Steps Workshop at The Centerpiece in Raleigh on Friday, January 27.

Link for more information about my "Landscape Painting" class for ages 12 - 14 at Cary Arts Center beginning January 17.

Here's the Link for more information about my Beyond Beginners ~ The Next Steps Workshop at The Centerpiece in Raleigh on Friday, January 27.

Link for more information about my "Landscape Painting" class for ages 12 - 14 at Cary Arts Center beginning January 17.
Information about my Painting the Landscape class for ages 15+ at Cary Arts Center beginning January 23 is available here.

So this happened!

Sands of Time is available for purchase here.

Looking for the rest of the story? Here’s the link!
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Link to information about the FALC exhibition at Margaux's

Link to enroll in my "Art of Seeing Like an Artist" class for ages 12 - 14 at Cary Arts Center.

Join my VIP list here to hear big news about my work before it is released to the general public.

Link to enroll in my "Art of Seeing Like an Artist" class for ages 12 - 14 at Cary Arts Center.
Link to enroll in "How to See and Paint Like an Artist" for ages 15 and above at Cary Arts Center.

Link to enroll in my Beginners Oil class at Heart2Hands Art Gallery and Studios

Artist Spotlight Podcast link: Chip's Website
Also available on all major podcast services (Apple, Spotifiy, Amazon, Google, Stitcher, or wherever you like to listen)

Link to enroll in my Beginners Oil class at Heart2Hands Art Gallery and Studios

Click here to read my thoughts about the abstract origins of representational art.

Link to the 2022 NOAPS Associate Member Online Exhibition

Link to enroll in my Beginners Oil class at Heart2Hands Art Gallery and Studios

To quickly grab that last seat in my Beyond Beginners - The Next Steps Workshop, click here

Sign up to follow my learning adventure here

Link to Glazing and Scumbling Class on June 25 at the Cary Arts Center, Cary, NC.

Link to the ArtCurious podcast

Go here for the really cool story behind this painting.

Find details about my scheduled classes here

Link to the NOAPS (National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society) International Online Exhibition

Link to We Almost Lost It.

Find details about my scheduled classes here

Click here to view the AIS Associate Member Online Exhibition.

Check here for all ArtFields event details

Link to You Say What???

Find details about my scheduled classes here

Check here for all ArtFields event details

Find details for my solo show at The Women's Club of Raleigh here

Join the art fun at ArtFields; details here

Read “Worth the Wait” here to find out what was missing in Morning at the Red Barn and subscribe to more art adventures

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Link to Prints now available for select paintings

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Here's the link to my Sunflowers for Ukraine tab with 50% of all sales donated to American for Ukraine relief.

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Check out more coastal and water scenes here.

View my painting portfolio here.

Click here for details about my Mom's and my Artist Talk coming up on January 13.

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It's in the Genes: a Mother and Daughter Show
Phyllis Steimel's Website - my Mom!
Chasing Blooms and Riding Trains - Itinerary for train trip from Raleigh to Salisbury

Prints now available


When Life Circles Back Around a backstory on the painting above.

American Impressionist Society's All Member Online Exhibition Catalog. I'm humbled and honored.

Here's the link to my Newsletter Tab to sign up for my weekly VIP email.

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Tart's Grocery - link to the Raleigh News & Observer story about Mr. Tart and his grocery.

It's in the Genes: a Mother and Daughter Show
Phyllis Steimel's Website - my Mom!
Chasing Blooms and Riding Trains - Itinerary for train trip from Raleigh to Salisbury