Jennifer Lawson

This is Sophie who is clearly, the cutest dog on the planet. She is my best pal and makes me laugh, everyday. When she is really happy, back...

The days are getting longer, but it is still very much winter here in Maine. When I started this painting it was not snowing and then as the...

The front page, and continued on the back page, of the Portland Press Herald was quite a long story about allowing people to have chickens i...

A view from our deck over the rooftops in the Old Port in Portland Maine. A balmy 38° but snow is on the way for Thursday—6" to 12...

We had a brief thaw here yesterday as the temperature rose to 45°. Dirty frozen ice and snow turned into gray puddles of slushy water as we ...

It's a balmy 45° today and the sun is shining. Still using this rough watercolor paper for my daily sketching. I keep grabbing from the ...

I spent years buying paper, paints and all sorts of drawing materials. Intending to draw or paint, only to never even crack open the package...

Quick watercolor sketch from a photo of a warm 85° day in Bali. I remember following this young dude wandering along the beach path with his...

My blog was born a year ago on February 4, 2008. It was a cold day last winter that I finally went onto blogger and posted my first sketch a...

A quick pencil sketch of my brother who is four years younger than I am. I still see him as that little kid with a "butch haircut"...

I'm still laying low with the same thing that has been ailing me for several days. Sketched while sitting on the couch, in front of the ...

I have not been feeling very well lately. Not sure what is wrong with me, but I am not my energetic self even with my new haircut. Still man...

Sophie and I walk three times a day. She runs ahead barking and showing her mighty stuff. When something really gets her attention she stops...

A quick contour sketch looking out my studio window waiting for the computer guy. Not a very interesting subject, but I kept staring and dra...

We have gone from hot, humid, tropical Bali to frigid Portland, Maine. 85°-100° difference in temperature as it  went to -15° the other nigh...

Too cold to go outside so it is a good time to hang some art. It is not easy at our age to combine households, especially when it comes to t...

This is the view from our home in Portland, Maine. Over the rooftops we can see the comings and goings in Portland Harbor. This is peak of t...

4 PM Saturday afternoon on our way to Hong Kong. Settled in with champagne, Perrier and my small take everywhere sketch journal. It was 85° ...

A last minute quick scribble while the last of our things are boxed up for storage and packed in our luggage. It was raining, so slugs and t...

"Happy birthday to you." This watercolor mess is suppose to be a delicious looking happy birthday cupcake for my good friend and d...