Authorby0Writing Postcards to Nature Daily for a Year
Dear Nature, In 2020 my art world and my travel world came to a screeching halt due to the pandemic. All of my workshops, exhibitions and art fairs got canceled. …
Authorby0Authorby3Inspiration… My word for 2019
Inspiration: the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions. An artist seeks inspiration for their work both consciously and unconsciously. We must nurture our creativity with our own …
Authorby1Practice Makes Perfect
A daily drawing practice – something an artist should be able to do just like that (sound effect – snap of the fingers), right? Well, only partially right. Artists face …
Authorby0An Epic Road Trip – My American Anthology
ROAD TRIP! Fifty two years ago, I was five years old. It was 1966 and my parents took us on an epic road trip. We drove roundtrip around the country …
Authorby0Impressions of Oswegatchie Hills
A place can be many things – somewhere you go in your own mind to remember, revisit or relax, or a physical place you experience in person. I go to …
Authorby0My Sometimes Meandering Creative Process
Sometimes a painting is completed in my mind before I ever commit it to paper or panel. Like driving a fast car on the Autobahn! And sometimes a painting follows …
Authorby0Hummingbirds, Raccoons, and Great Blue Herons
The month of August was full of hummingbirds, raccoons, great blue herons and generally, birds! Despite a very hot & humid month, I still managed to get outside with my …
Authorby2Change is a Good Thing
Life throws us change every day. I have mapped out a plan of blog posts. The second post of each month is scheduled to be about my work-in-progress. And then this …
Authorby3Silverpoint Adventures – the Evolution of a Technique
Silverpoint is a medium that has long intrigued me. One of those ‘someday I will try that’ techniques. So in this time of exploring where I want to go …
Authorby3On Inspiration and Winter Coming…
Winter is coming; okay, okay, winter is finally here! We have enjoyed a very mild run of weather in Connecticut which has allowed me to do much more walking/photographing/reference-gathering than …