prepping for vacation art
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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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On My Nightstand, On My Easel*, June 2023
On my nightstand: On the spectrum of obsessively orderlyto sublimely unconcerned with the everyday physical world,my father and sister were—actually, they were nowhere;they were somewhere near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border,still looking for the spectrum itself.My mother and I, meanwhile, were busyorganizing it by color and size.I have a vivid memory of watching my momtry to adjust 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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