Last night was the artist reception for a group of students from the gallery where I teach on Saturdays. It was held at the Hanover Park (Illinois) Village Hall where, for the last 6 years, our students have been invited to exhibit their work during the summer...
“The greatest meeting of land & water in the world” is how watercolorist Francis McComas described Point Lobos, the California State Natural Reserve located at the north end of Big Sur, but in reality, his passionate pronouncement could just as well be applied to...
In February Tom & I spent a week on Captiva Island, just off the southwest coast of Florida. Each morning at daybreak, after a quick cup of coffee, we pulled on shorts, t-shirts & flip-flops, grabbed our windbreakers, shelling implements (Tom) &...
Recently I’ve been watching some of my favorite movies again, or I should say, “listening” to them, for I find it very soothing to engage my auditory sense while standing in front of the easel, toiling away on a painting. Usually I listen to various lecture...
In February Tom & I spent a week on Captiva Island, a wondrous place of bountiful nature, endless beaches & tons of gorgeous seashells just begging to be collected. On our first morning there, I stepped out onto the balcony of our room &...
Throughout the creative journey, our authenticity as artists is routinely tested, but never so much as when we’re approaching the end of a difficult painting that has taken us much longer than we ever anticipated & we just want to be done! Yet...
