I 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, 2013Getting the word out!
June 5th, 2013
I 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 […]
Abstraction, Serenity and Color in the Quarries
May 8th, 2013
I recently saw an exhibit by photographer Don Ross that opened a new world to me. What more can you ask of art? Don’s photographs are powerful, evocative, poetic. Walking a fine and delicate line between abstraction and stark reality, Don shares an elegance and mystery which made ME see differently. Industrial debris usually […]
How to Hang an Art Show
January 20th, 2013
It was a brilliant, bitter cold day last Friday as I drove north to hang my show in the Back Room Gallery in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The show is at the North East Kingdom Artisans Guild. It will be up until February 28, 2013, so tell your friends and stop by! It’s quite near Burke […]
Fire and Rain: forces of nature
September 7th, 2011
I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain. I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end – James Taylor Yesterday I drove by my old homestead in Carson, New Mexico. There was an iridescent magpie perched on the branch of a dead tree in the middle of a stark, vast landscape. My house burned […]
I am moving my Studio!!!!
August 8th, 2011
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. -Walt Disney GROAN! I am moving! But it’s the grunt work of the move that is daunting. The editing and decision making and tossing of things that once seemed indispensable! Once that’s done […]
LEAVE! GO AWAY! Get OUT OF HERE!!!
May 7th, 2011
The more I want to get something done the less I call it work. Richard Bach Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Aristotle There are many quotations about how lucky a person is when they love the job they do. I completely agree. I’ve known since childhood that making art was my […]
What is Success? Part One: Success in Teaching in the Arts
April 28th, 2011
When nothing is sure, everything is possible. ~Margaret Drabble I’ve had my share of wins in my two professions: art and teaching. Artist friends are often disbelieving that I keep on teaching, and put so much time into it. Teaching colleagues don’t understand why I am driven to still do all-nighters to finish work for […]