Those words all describe my recent blog posts. I haven’t shown you any work in progress, only the pieces hanging at CACHE in my solo show “Simply Home” until December 29. (Have you been yet? Live too far away? I can ship paintings. Just sayin’. . .) So, let’s enjoy a few more autumn photos […]
Escaping into Fall
Right now I have 2 pencil commissions that both seem a bit too hard for me. One is a collage, combining multiple photos into one cohesive piece of work. I have done this many times. BUT, these are photos that aren’t fitting together very well with lots of little fuzzy-faced people in them. A hard […]
Exeter’s Mural Gallery
In the olden days when my studio was in Exeter and I was the president of the Mural Team, we opened a little store called the Mural Gallery. The idea was to have a place for visitors to learn about the mural project, take home mementoes of the murals, and for the Mural Team to […]
This is Where I Work
In the spring and in the fall, when it isn’t hot, I am struck by the beauty and charm of where I get to work. When my studio was new here at home, I participated in a studio tour. Many guests asked if my husband built the studio. My answer was, “No, he already has […]
Plein Air Painting in Three Rivers
Krista asked me to paint again with her at the airport bridge in Three Rivers on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Before I went, I hung out with Jackson a little bit. He wasn’t very hungry because he let the gopher live. Didn’t even pounce. I drove to the same place with its multiple No Parking […]
Walking in Three Rivers in Autumn
Another set of days without the internet sent us on a walk in the middle of the day. When virtual life isn’t accessible, try real life. The star of autumn in Three Rivers is the Chinese pistache tree. Excuse me? This is indeed a peculiar sight. The Remoria*l Building has tremendous Chinese pistache trees. This […]
Complaining and Painting
Because this post is full of complaints, I will intersperse the verbal bummerations with nice photos. We had a week when the internet went out 2 or 3 times a day on 4 days, and one of those days it was down all day long. This meant that neither the cell phone nor the landline […]
Plein Air Painting in Three Rivers
For about 2 years, my friend Krista has been asking me to paint with her in Three Rivers. Last week we had an entire day without electricity, phones, internet, so it seemed like a good time to leave home and paint outside. Besides, it is always a pleasure to hang out with a friend, especially […]
The Hour of My Usefulness
Last night was my presentation “How To Draw” at CACHE, the gallery and museum in Exeter. This was more of a talk than a demo, about a subject upon which I could bloviate for hours. Alas, it was just one hour, 6:30-7:30, because I know people’s attention spans are limited. Besides, I was missing dinner. […]
Trying to Work in Three Rivers
It started out to be a fine day. The time change was over, my neighbor and I had a good morning walk, the election was behind us (phew, what a stressor that has been), and I had a list of phone calls to make, my website to keep repairing, some sketching/designing to do, and of […]