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Navigating my first Artist Residency
Rural New England has been my home for the spring. Winding country roads are everywhere around here. It’s easy to get lost, and find oneself in the next state over (yes, I’ve done this). Yet I love the surprises that show up along the way. It’s an excellent metaphor for the artist residency I am […]
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2020 Year in Review
What a year. A quiet life at home, periods intense and stressful, so many plans on hold, societal ills exploding in front of us. As I’m sure you can attest to, when everything but the essentials are stripped away, (major) readjustments are required. Funny enough, this back-to-basics arrangement is how I experienced my own personal […]
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Photo Painting Series No. 1 ~ 4
For a few years now, I’ve had this nudge to take photographs I have made, get them printed in B&W on watercolor paper, large scale, and paint on them using gouache and watercolors. I liked the idea, but never knew where to start. Immediately after I returned home from a trip to rural France this […]
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My film camera on pilgrimage
A run to replace the tiny battery in my trusty old film camera also yielded a colorful set of notebooks made with fancy German paper – on sale and just the right size for a portable, packable journal. Preparations for my trip abroad are coming along, and the countdown is in the single digits. Giddy […]
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100 days of Maps+Compasses: Halfway Point Highlights
We’re quite a bit past the halfway point now in #the100dayproject2019 but I have been meaning to share some of my work with you. The theme I picked for my project is Maps + Compasses, and true to form it has been a winding road. The underlying theme is pilgrimage, especially interior pilgrimage, and my […]
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Artists need Spiritual Retreats too
Those of us who create do so for a multitude of reasons, and what we ultimately end up with is a gift, whether for ourselves or for others. The world is thirsting for all us artists have to give through the experience of what we create – hope, beauty, joy, encouragement, healing, connection to one […]
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A pair of Patron Saints for creative entrepreneurs and family life
Through Alençon lace and watches, a family of saints was established. Louis and Zélie were an entrepreneurial couple raising a bunch of girls in the middle of 19th century France. She ran a successful lace-making business, he was a watchmaker with his own shop. Skilled artisans who ran their own small businesses while raising a family of […]