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  • The instrument

    Did you feel like your connections with others were heightened this week? Amidst the chaos and concern over changes in our government and their effects, I kept having these great and powerful…

  • Just thanks

    I’ve been lucky enough to have a nice long weekend with friends and family this week, but before the time off I had fun doing some painting and then a bit less…

  • Spelunk, boom, hold

    What a difference a change in your space can make. I felt an overwhelming urge to move things around on the “dry” (no oil painting) side of my studio this week, and…

  • The fresh eye

    I love this picture. Fifteen pieces done! Okay, I have to tell the truth: two of the ones on the floor still need their glue. I wanted to give them a couple…

  • The machine

    I continued benefiting from our new schedule this week, and I am close to being done with the last Cluster pieces. I even figured out this one that I was really struggling…

  • The flexible rule

    There were a lot of changes this week, and as often happens, many that I thought might be difficult have actually turned out to be wonderful. First, my daughter started kindergarten, which…

  • That confounded bridge

    I’m keeping it short this week, as I am happy to have both a preschooler who graduated today (mine) and a soon-to-be college freshman (my sister’s) at the house, ready for a…

  • Release the silly

    This week I re-engaged in my epic struggle with dozens of small wooden people. It felt very, very hard to get what seemed to be very, very little done. And then I…

  • The drawing board

    I was really, really, really sick of looking at this piece this week. I could tell most of it was right, but it just wasn’t working. My husband, who thanks to years…

  • The noodling

    It was really satisfying getting all these backgrounds done for my 13 new All In pieces this week. Along the way I realized I have many brushes with bristles that are blown…