June 5th, 2021
Earth is the nest, the cradle, and we’ll move out of it. – Gene Roddenberry If we don’t protect it with great haste, it will no longer be inhabitable! In the center left you can see City Hall with William pinned statue on top. Dwarfed by the skyscrapers. I’ve been in #Philadelphia building a human-sized […]
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April 10th, 2021
Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die. Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly. ― Langston Hughes. In my teens I dreamed of a giant studio full of every art supply and tool I could possibly imagine. There would be a stone tower with wide windows looking out into the treetops and the […]
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December 3rd, 2018
In beauty I walk With beauty before me I walk With beauty behind me I walk With beauty above me I walk With beauty around me I walk It has become beauty again Navajo Prayer The home of Spider Woman is a small, ancient stone structure at the base of Spider Rock in Canyon […]
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October 31st, 2018
You may have the universe if I may have Italy.” – Guiseppe Verdi The birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence has been a shining beacon for me for as long as I can remember. After 410 sequential days of Italian on the free app Duolingo, it seemed about time to go to Italy. We flew first […]
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April 2nd, 2018
Spring is the time of plans and projects. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina The bluebirds are already in Santa Fe. They arrive in a fluttering, somewhat pushy crowd, but share the perching places around the rim of the birdbath. I painted this bluebird with oils many years ago. I’ve painted many bluebirds since but this remains […]
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March 6th, 2018
Energy and persistence conquer all things. – Benjamin Franklin He was a very clever man, that Ben Franklin, as we know. Also brilliant, lustful, charming and cultured. Another one of his sayings that I admire (and lament not being able to actuate) is the good old: early to bed and early to rise, […]
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February 4th, 2018
Life is either a great adventure or nothing -Helen Keller Everything in excess is opposed to nature. Hippocrates Even though Hippocrates would have been appalled and Ms. Keller would have been unable to see the bright lights or wild color displays of the fountains and glittery signs, Las Vegas is an astonishing place. Much of […]
Tags: Bellagio, Chihuly, fine arts, Italy, Las Vegas, Paris
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January 12th, 2018
Color is a power which directly influences the soul. Wassily Kandinsky Color has emotion. Are you feeling blue? Did you see red? Are you green with jealousy? These metaphors are not random. Blue? Have you ever sung the blues? During Picasso’s Blue Period he painted in a very subdued palette: blues, grays, pale […]
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December 11th, 2017
I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match. Mia Hamm Hot wax, color and fire! Give me more of that! The jackrabbit above is an encaustic photo collage which I created in a workshop with Angel Wynn, renowned […]
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July 10th, 2016
REGISTER HERE! CLASS SIZE LIMITED TO NINE STUDENTS BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED STUDENTS WELCOME. Working with moist watercolor on Arches cold-pressed paper, Liza will guide you in the exploratory process of using brush and color to release the image that waits within the washes. Discover shape and form by working in […]
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