Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 18th, 2009 2 Comments »
I finally got some of the photos from our trip to Idaho uploaded. Thanks Dana & Kayla for sharing photos with us! I have had problems recently with uploading more than a few photos per post, so decided to do a “slide” presentation from the trip. Mouse over the photos for the captions, to move [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 8th, 2009 4 Comments »
I’ve been out of touch for so long that one of my friends thought I’d been in a serious accident! No… just been on vacation! First of all, here is the photo of my favorite orchid, which is now almost through blooming I love this one because of it’s spectacular and unusual lemony fragrance. I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2009 2 Comments »
I wanted to share with you one of the best compliments I received at the art festival last weekend, from Annika, age 6 I can’t believe it is already Friday! This week has flown by…. First of all, thank you to everyone who came by the Salem Art Fair last weekend. It was great to see [...]
Posted in blogging, creative process, Uncategorized on Jun 25th, 2009 4 Comments »
Yesterday, Donna Zagotta’s art blog had a great essay on creativity that began with this quote: “If we are able to stay with a situation, it will carry us to a new place.” Shaun McNiff I hope you’ll check out her blog for the entire article… This is something I believe in, and have been [...]
Posted in creative process, Uncategorized on Jun 21st, 2009 4 Comments »
It is always difficult to decide what to enter in a competition. Some artists try to guess what a juror or judge will like, perhaps from entering previous entries in competitions judged by the specific juror. Other artists try to submit something very unique, unusual subject matter for a painting or an unusual technique. Still [...]
Posted in Art Collectors, blogging, Critique, Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2009 8 Comments »
It has been a busy weekend… our last two kids came home from college… I just about wrote ‘teenagers’, but our oldest just turned 21! How did that happen? Seems like just yesterday I was driving her to pre-school! She and I share the studio space for the summer, so I had to do a [...]
Posted in My Work on Display, Recently Viewed Art, Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2009 No Comments »
I got an email tonight about the opening reception of the “Perceptions of the Past” exhibit. Apparently we made the local news. Here is a link to the video about the exhibit on The Daily Courier’s Website. My painting is the first image shown in the video The exhibit is set to travel to Central [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 7th, 2009 2 Comments »
In literature, as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. -Andre’ Maurois How do other artists deal with rejection? I tend to cocoon… after getting a ‘declined’ notice this past week, I found myself wanting a nice little mini-vacation. It could also have had something to do with the head-cold that [...]
Posted in Art Collectors, blogging, creative process, Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2009 9 Comments »
I apologize for the long pause between posts. I know it drives me crazy when I go to one of my favorite blogs frequently, and then the writer takes an unannounced vacation! I am always wondering, what is happening in their studio!? After my server debacle, I thought maybe I would wait until I (hopefully) [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29th, 2009 11 Comments »
I am truly sorry if any of you have had trouble contacting me in the past week. My web server crashed, leaving me without website, blog or email for 5 days. ;( I finally switched to a new host today, and after spending the better part of the day getting the switch made, I am [...]
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