Hibernation

I have been hibernating the last two weeks.  I was a bit burned out. I felt I was still recovering from my workshop in Italy and then went right into a workshop last week in Asheville.  So between those and a few new commissions, my mentorship classes and dabbling in...

Affirmations

A glimmer in the void. To an artist, that is what a sale, a compliment, an invitation to an exhibition or an award is… a happy twinkle. Because we work alone. Yes, we can create among others in a class or in a workshop, but the real brain-drain comes when we...

Jetlag

“She believed she could and so she did” -R.S. Grey Jetlag is a bummer, but my trip to Tuscany was awesome! I ate more cheese and ham and bread and drank more wine in one week than I have all year. So worth it.  At one point I found myself standing in the...

3 am

I am writing this at 3 am. Wide awake and packed. Later today I head to Italy for my workshop in Cortona. So slowly I have been rotating my sleep schedule to get more on “Italian time.”  Last week I missed posting my blog because I came back from...

To the Moon

“Shoot for the moon; even if you miss it you will land among the stars” -Norman Vincent Peale   I have no desire to go to the moon, but apparent my painting does… This month NASA will launch another addition to the Lunar Codex Project to the...