(And I made cookies that morning too.) TODAY OUR POWER WILL BE OUT FOR THE BULK OF THE DAY, SO IF YOU ORDER A CALENDAR, EMAIL ME, OR COMMENT ON THIS POST, YOU WON’T BE GETTING A RESPONSE UNTIL THE EVENING OR TOMORROW. FIRST, 2025 CALENDARS. Available HERE. YARDENING I decided to dig the sweet […]
Color Grabs My Attention
2025 CALENDARS AVAILABLE HERE. For the first many years (how many??) of my art career, I only worked in pencil, with occasional forays into colored pencil. The detail, the precision, the accuracy, the requirement of strong contrast and composition—all of these things held my attention. Plus, pencils are easy to transport, use, clean up—simple minimal […]
How I Spent “Black Friday”
2025 CALENDARS AVAILABLE HERE. “Black Friday” kind of disgusts me. (I recognize the irony given the previous paragraph/ad). It overshadows Thanksgiving in the media, and it summarizes and epitomizes the commercialism and greed that taint Christmas. I have participated in Black Friday in the past by joining a group of artists for a boutique here […]
Shhhh. . . going quiet
I’m going quiet for a little while. Nothing to worry about, just ready for a break. I’ll be back. No image from Simply Home today, just a few final photos of fall in Three Rivers. (Check CACHE‘s website for hours, and visit the show if you are so inclined, because the paintings ALWAYS look better […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]