I’m Always Drawn to the Mystery I love investigating, working out the clues, following the mystery, delving deeply into the Unknown. Wabi-Sabi is perfect! Here is something that many historically say that to speak of it, is impossible. It is an aesthetic, a deep knowing, a feeling, a way of life. Some say it’s the…… Continue Reading
FB has me going in Circles! Some past students of mine wanted to ‘friend’ me on FB. Great with me. I like them and I’d like to connect. How to do that??? ‘They’ don’t make it easy! First of all, I had to track down messages to me that my students said they had sent.…… Continue Reading
I have been fiercely Cleaning Up my Space! What makes it so radical? When I get rid of old photos that show us all at our worst just because it’s a moment of time, that’s BIG! I’ve found myself donating sentimental clothes I’ve outgrown, recycling stacks of old Arizona magazines that I haven’t looked at…… Continue Reading
Everything Alive keeps Shifting & Changing We can never go back, but we certainly are hit with daily realities of all the shifts in our desires, dreams, hopes, and realities. Everything does flow in cycles, but we never end up exactly where we began. It’s more like a spiral cycle of flow, hopefully upwards! The…… Continue Reading
My Art Reflects My Life An ad appeared in the mail that I was immediately drawn to. For one of the last images to paint in Pauline Agnew’s wonderful online painting class, more info here, we could choose from some great Pinterest images she had assembled, or another Old Master’s painting, or our pets, but…… Continue Reading
My husband says I’m tenacious, in a good way. Once I decide to do something, I see it through to the end. I think I had to be, growing up in Cicero, going to a big ten University, long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away. At that time, the boys were always…… Continue Reading
Learning to paint by copying the Masters Since Renaissance Times, this is how painting was taught. You attempt to get the pose, the look, the brushstrokes, the negative shapes, size, proportions, and energy of the Old European Masters. In fact, at one time, classes were held in museums where students had easels and media to…… Continue Reading
Moons connect you to the Cycles of Life I see so many ‘groups’ evaluating 2014, and setting feelings for 2015. It doesn’t excite me. It seems more like ‘work’, doesn’t come easy, and certainly isn’t in the flow of ‘play’. I don’t know what I feel for next July, but I do know what I…… Continue Reading
So I decided to Play Again! I brought out the polymer and shaped horses, then made molds of them. I drew out horses and patterns, turned them into transparencies, and made solar plates. I wrote my own language, made another transparency and another solar plate. Then I started shaping, rolling, pressing, forming the magical PMC…… Continue Reading
Make Time for Something New. The New Year is in full swing! Ignite the Fire Within. Do something new and creative that you’ve been wanting to do. Try something you’ve never done before, or do something in a new way. Take an online or in studio class, cook a new dish. Go somewhere different that…… Continue Reading