henri matisse
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Mindful Meandering
While I paint and collage and create, the primary gift is presence, being here and now. In large measure, especially as I get increasingly pulled into any one particular creative undertaking, I do not think with verbal language at all but engage wordlessly with the sensory processing of and physical interaction with my emerging art Continue reading
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Snow Day!
Even though I am no longer a student, am no longer a full-time teacher, and have only a small case load of tutorial students in my new status as more retired than not, and even though it’s a Sunday and I am therefore not required to study, teach, or tutor in any case, a day Continue reading
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I Hear Tell It Is 2024
Were we not just fretting about Y2K a year or two ago? Blink. 2024. Really? As this new year opens, I see that my studio isn’t rising to the challenge of containing my creative clutter so I take advantage of my tutorial schedule’s being on hold until next week and expand the mess into my 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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