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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present. -Anne Lamott There are some choices we can make, and others which are thrust upon us. […]