My new work includes beach scenes and paintings of Casa del Herrero (House of the Blacksmith) in Montecito, California. The workshop of Mr. Steedman’s was particularly interesting to paint since it is an assemblage of tools, inventions, vases, furniture and memories emerging from the dimly lit room. Mrs. Steedman also used this workshop to do her award-winning flower arranging. The view through the workshop doorway of the 1937 Buick Roadmaster was irresistible. I like to paint interior-scapes that tell a story. I am one of ten painters invited to paint at the Casa del Herrero in the month of July. The paintings will be first exhibited at the Casa on August 19. I will also exhibit the five paintings I made at Casa at the Santa Barbara Studio Artist Annual 2007 Tour over Labor Day weekend.