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On My Nightstand, At My Easel 4/11/2024
On my nightstand:At the moment of this writing,I am typing into a laptop keyboard.I first learned to touch-typethe summer of seventh gradeon an IBM Selectric.Apparently,using two spaces after a periodhas become anachronistic.But tell thatto my right thumb. Dani Shapiro, Hourglass On my easel: Continue reading
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On My Nightstand, At My Easel 4/9/2024
On my nightstand:It may be that when we no longer know what to dowe have come to our real workand that when we no longer know which way to gowe have begun our real journey.The mind that is not baffledis not employed.The impeded streamis the one that sings. —Wendell Berry On my easel: I am… Continue reading
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Illusion
One of the unexpected features of photo albums is how they can create illusion, i.e. a photo can imply so much more than what is captured in the single moment it depicts. For example, for years and years, I baked countless cookies each December to share with others and enjoy as holiday desserts. My kids… Continue reading
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Guest Artist
When my kids were youngsters I read an article in Mothering magazine that sparked me to make a particular style of hand puppet called a “puffet,” using an outgrown snap-front sweatshirt that had been worn by Jay as an infant. Pookie was magical! The kids would engage in conversations with him of a sort that… Continue reading
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More Than I Bargained For
I’ve admired the art of Michelle Nyberg for some months now. Then, to my great delight, just as I was recently feeling betwixt and between, casting about for a new art inquiry, she offered a downloadable class. YES! With impulsivity that is perhaps more characteristic of me than I might want to admit, I grabbed… Continue reading
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In the Middles
First small experiment in a possible new inquiry (thank you, Michelle Nyberg): • limited palette, • fusible fabric (thank you, MaryAnn Shupe),• printing with botanicals (slim pickings in New England in March!). Continue reading
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Ongoing Shifting of Gears
Below, a bit of the art history of a single gessobord panel—first in 2015, then sometime between 2015 and 2024, and finally in just the past few days in 2024. Over the past few days: Continue reading
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Shifting Gears
The Nicholas Wilton free workshop ends as the first week of March closes and, what with that end plus my choosing to shift gears away from my CutUps series plus a confluence of non-art demands bombarding me, I feel at a loss in my art-making. I go into my studio, wander around, fumble, make marks… Continue reading
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Nicholas Wilton Free Workshop, post #6
The final pre-workshop countdown prompt: #1 What is the biggest, best possible dream of my art / life that I’m willing to say out loud? My free-association biggest, best possible dream for spring 2024: • Have fun! • Get messy!• Paint every day!• Be open to surprise!• Connect with others!• Say hello to I don’t… Continue reading
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Nicholas Wilton Free Workshop, post #5
The fourth pre-workshop countdown prompt: #2 We do our best work when we feel most connected to the freest version of ourselves. When there are no planned outcomes particularly and we are just playing, experimenting out of curiosity and personal delight and wonder, we tend to make highly authentic and powerful art. Write about what… 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.