Traveling in the Zone

January 26th, 2012
Traveling in the Zone

 “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. St. Augustine It’s a choice to set out on the road. Sometimes it’s for business, sometimes for adventure, but always interesting. I’ve had the good fortune to travel to many fascinating places. When I was young my family lived in […]

Traveling in the Zone

January 26th, 2012
Traveling in the Zone

 “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. St. Augustine It’s a choice to set out on the road. Sometimes it’s for business, sometimes for adventure, but always interesting. I’ve had the good fortune to travel to many fascinating places. When I was young my family lived in […]

I am moving my Studio!!!!

August 8th, 2011
Liza in Granary Studio

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 […]

Winston Churchill, Plein Air Painting, Dead Rats and Towed Cars

April 23rd, 2011
Winston Churchill, Plein Air Painting, Dead Rats and Towed Cars

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. -Winston Churchill Did you know that Winston Churchill was quite the painter? He was a late starter- He didn’t begin painting until he was 40- but over the next 48 years he painted more than 500 paintings. One of his works […]

How now, Artfully Painted Cow?

June 26th, 2010

All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. ~Grant Wood Grant Wood, of American Gothic fame was a mid-western boy who understood the meditative value of chores and cows. I was recently in Burlington Vermont on the shimmering shores of Lake Champlain and had the good […]