artist at play
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A Summer Morning
This morning, something falls away when I pick up yesterday’s stalled work in progress, reach for a chunky Stabilo Woody pencil, and begin scribbling. I re-inhabit an orientation to the world I remember from early childhood, maybe four years old, mostly wordless and highly sensory—the feel of air on my skin, the hum of the… Continue reading
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Going Up in Smoke
To look for the good in some other circumstance than the one in which we find ourselves is to trash the only happiness we will ever have: now. Whether it pleases us or not, each moment is a gift. No matter how unpleasant the wrapping, inside is something wonderful that life wants to give us. —Polly… Continue reading
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Taking a Vacation
I find it soooooooo gosh-darned difficult to ‘take a vacation’ from the negative internal dialogue that all too often revs up as I paint. My knee-jerk reaction is to try to tame it. Quash it. Outsmart it. Maybe, though, in addition to exploring color, line, handwriting, scribbles, and veiling—as I’m in the process of doing… Continue reading
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On My Nightstand, On My Easel, 6/7/23
On my nightstand: Especially in the wake of having recently read the densely rich and compellingly informative book Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, the following one-liner from Alexis Hall’s romping romcom Boyfriend Material hit my funny bone head on: I hoped I wasn’t going to… Continue reading
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Layered Taffeta
What a wonder,the yards of fine fabrics,with tiny hooks or invisible zippers,tucks and linings and finishing seamsa work of art.Some with lace,some with petticoats under layered taffeta … —Shelby Hearon, Hug Dancing A few weeks ago, my friend Daisy asks me if I’d be willing to give her one of my painted bookmarks to hold… Continue reading
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Itch > Inquiry
Had an itch today. Scratched it. Explored an inquiry in my sketchbook in a taped square. It’s always well worth taping off a space for the exquisite pleasure of pulling away the tape after the fact. Gave myself over to buoyancy, trusting the waters here to hold me afloat. Continue reading
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Hopscotch, Take 2!
Below you’ll see the post I mistakenly released last week before I was actually prepared to go live. ––– Inspired by Jane Davies, who recently got a new blog up and running at WordPress, I found myself ready to take on the challenge of doing the same myself after tolerating for way too long the frustrations of comment-generation… Continue reading
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Hopscotch!
Inspired by Jane Davies, who recently got a new blog up and running at WordPress, I found myself ready to take on the challenge of doing the same myself after tolerating for way too long the frustrations of comment-generation chaos and nonfunctioning notification at my old blog site. So I picked up a pebble, tossed… Continue reading
My Story
In 2014, I grab an unexpected opportunity to paint.
To make art.
I get hooked.
In 2015 I start a blog—a diary of my life as an artist.
I post my paintings and their stories. The good, the bad, the ugly.
My compass points: bust through fear, be playful, get messy, trust my gut.
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