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  • A little perspective

    It’s been a busy time for milestones. (Do other countries measure life’s achievements in kilometer stones?) On the bright side, my daughter graduated from elementary school this past week, as seen above,…

  • Legacy

    Have you ever heard of Ben Shahn? He was an American artist born in Lithuania who did these great social realist works. This one is Restoration, from 1945: He also did a…

  • Mind at rest

    I am incredibly grateful this week: I have been able to get back into the studio on a regular basis. It is still a pretty small amount, only about an hour, but…

  • That place

    This week I am…on vacation! Talk about lucky: My husband, daughter, and I are on a much-anticipated trip to Hawaii. You have probably already heard more than enough about the wonders of…

  • The storm

    We are still out of town, and a question keeps coming up to me on this trip that seems appropriate to the season. When something new is growing in your life and…

  • The view

    I am currently on vacation, visiting my mother. This was my artistic activity for the day. I love the introspective aspect of travel: taken outside of your normal surroundings, you get to…

  • What’s new

    Happy New Year, everyone! And thank you so much for reading this blog, whether regularly or occasionally. Your interest means the world to me and helps keep my creative wheels turning. My…

  • The reason

    This week I was very happy to sell the first two pieces from my new Cultivation series, as well as a couple of oil paintings, including this one, Compass. And I was…

  • 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…