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On My Nightstand, On My Easel 4/22/24
On my nightstand: Like a good secretary to himself,he has made lists.—Anita Shreve, Eden Close That little excerpt from a sentence in Anita Shreve’s novel jumped right off the page at me, sparking an immediate smile and shoulder-lift. All these years I’ve thought of myself as a [mere] list-maker, a characterization that doesn’t have nearly… Continue reading
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On My Nightstand, On My Easel 4/12/24
On my nightstand:For years now, I have been keeping small, special notebooksinto which I write passages that strike me hardas I read the work of others …I hadn’t known, when I started this practice,that these are sometimes called commonplace books. —Dani Shapiro, Hourglass I wish you could have seen my eyes widen in surprise when… Continue reading
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Postscript to Layered Taffeta
Remember the bookmark I painted for friend Daisy to be tucked in the book at her family’s ancestral home—the book with a photo of a painting done by Florence Hosmer, and the ancestral home where the original portrait also resides? Well! Daisy had occasion to visit said ancestral home a few days ago and brought… 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.