Let’s face it. Paint is expensive. Whether you’re using watercolor, oil, acrylic or gouache… or whatever might be your medium of choice, every artist wants to squeeze the very last drop from each tube. Color is not something you want to waste. For years I struggled with pesky paint tubes trying to squeeze out the […]
From the studio: Simple solutions
April 2nd, 2014From the Studio: Re-stretching a canvas
March 15th, 2014Where the Wild Birds Fly: the Mystery of Migration
November 16th, 2013LAST WEEK when we were hiking at Tsankawi Ruins in the Jemez Mountains, I heard flocks of cranes flying above us. It’s a very different sound, a chorus of croaking, chortling, rattley, raspy calls… quite unmistakable. (The Forest service says that “Both the males and females make a rattling “kar-r-r-r- o-o-o” sound.”) As soon as […]
Studio Secrets: Short and Sweet!
August 9th, 2013Have you ever suddenly discovered a simple act that makes your life immensely easier? A no-brainer that you should have figured out years ago? For instance, when I finally figured out (after YEARS of working with pen and ink with students of all ages) that if I used a little masking tape to secure the […]
Getting the word out!
June 5th, 2013I have an exhibition opening this Friday night in Brattleboro, Vermont. The Gallery in the Woods is eclectic and lovely. All of the work is top notch. I’m very pleased to have been invited to exhibit there. It isn’t in the woods at all, it’s at 145 Main street, right downtown. This is First Friday […]
Getting the word out!
June 5th, 2013I have an exhibition opening this Friday night in Brattleboro, Vermont. The Gallery in the Woods is eclectic and lovely. All of the work is top notch. I’m very pleased to have been invited to exhibit there. It isn’t in the woods at all, it’s at 145 Main street, right downtown. This is First Friday […]
Maya- the language of Art
April 28th, 2013Why does this steamy tropical world thrill me? Perhaps it’s the mystery of a once grand civilization whose history is expressed in enigmatic images… In art. All that remains is their art. Their architecture. Their monuments. The mysterious glyphs. But even that the jungle has claimed. Buried in centuries of layers of leaf litter turned […]
Surprises in Surprising Places
March 23rd, 2013How Moleskins help me stay on track: a somewhat personal guide
August 28th, 2012I LOVE MOLESKINS I mean the little moleskin notebooks that fit in your pocket or purse or back pack. Not actual rodent mole skins like the ones my eldest brother used to catch when we were kids. My moleskin organizes my life. Thanks to Alyson Stanfield, whose website and online classes I highly recommend, I […]