Spring Into Art Open Studio
It’s no April Fool’s joke that Spring Into Art Open Studio is happening 21 days from now, on Earth Day. It’s been a challenge to keep my new series Hummingbird Sanctuary a secret until this time. (more…)
Tiny Treasure Boxes
A limited edition set of six Tiny Treasure Boxes are ready to display for the Spring Into Art Open Studio. The idea to use (more…)
Studio Visit with Laura Poulette
Why is it that I always forget to take photos at events like exhibits or in this case a meaningful studio visit with watercolor artist Laura Poulette. She came with her supplies and we set about painting together. (more…)
Unexpected Hiatus: Wind Storm Lessons
On March 3rd at 4:30 P.M., a ferocious wind storm arrived and blew out power for many in Kentucky. For us the outage was immediate. The power returned March 7, coincidentally both of our departed mother’s birthdays. We learned many lessons from what, for me, was an unexpected hiatus of fully living the artful life. (more…)
A Peak at Alexander’s Library Exhibit
The first month of Alexander’s Library exhibit is flying by. Setting it up went smoothly because of great teamwork between gallery director, Doug Tattershall, my husband and I. In fact Greg said it was the easiest set up to date. (more…)
Beads for Valentines
Imagine how special your valentine will feel when they receive one of the Valentine Studio Special talismans! They may not understand their value, so here are a few things to share. (more…)
Celebrating Mid-Winter Studio Update 2023
As we arrive at Imbolc, winter’s mid-season celebration, I encounter a realization about why this particular time is auspicious. Some of my most important family members celebrate their birthdays. In heaven my dad is ringing in 100 years; that rascal died on his birthday, just his style, (more…)
pleasant surprises come in emails sometimes
It’s the kind of message all artists long to receive in the inbox, especially if it originated from the contact form on their website: “I have your pencil drawing from the Daily Camera in 1971 on my wall. I’d like to send you a photo for your enjoyment. You sold it to me for $5.00 back then!”
Alexander’s Library Exhibit
I am supper excited to present Alexander’s Library and the paintings from the Grace series at the Lexington Public Library, Eastside Branch in February – March. I am happy that this coincides with the first mid-season celebration of the year, Imbolc and Candlemas. (more…)
ReView and Retreat
Sometimes I make myself crazy over what colors to choose from (54 watercolors in my main palette with movable pans. Plus (more…)
Golden Section, Phi
Golden Section rectangle has the property that if you remove a square from it, the remaining space is another Golden Section rectangle. This is the design format I took as a departure for the series “Phi, Φ”, a series of 36 watercolor collages (more…)
Tour of 14th Annual Autumn Open Studio
Just before art tourists came, I took these photos for a tour of 14th Annual Autumn Open Studio for folks who could not come. I hope you enjoy! It was a beautiful, windy day, as shown in the video of the Blaze (more…)
Variations on Landscape Narratives
Variations on Landscape Narratives reveals the essences of the present moment communicated by the land around me through exploration of different blue and green palettes. (more…)
Colorado Journeys
Colorado Journeys explores the long-distance essence of a beloved place I travel to in my imagination. (more…)
Celebrating Mid-Autumn Studio Update 2022
Celebrating Mid-Autumn Studio Update
We appreciate our ancestors and welcome this time to honor them. Whether you celebrate The Night of the Ancestors (Samhuin), Dias de la Muertos, Halloween, All Hallows Eve or all of them, Happy Mid-Autumn Celebrations! (more…)
Radical Attention to Detail
As I was spending multiple minutes on trying to find an ancient peach colored Tradewinds bead that would accommodate two strands of linen thread, to bury the end thread, it occurred to me that I have always had radical attention to detail when it comes to bead work. (more…)
Little Palette Book
Little Palette Book
Wondering how I would use my latest little pocket sketchbooks, since this one with the cool print of a Japanese book had heavy Fabriano paper, I decided I would put an end to dragging out various color charts and have my current palette all in one place. (more…)
The Carousel of Happiness
Our youngest grandson said he wanted to go to Happiness, we agreed. So off we all went a few weeks ago to The Carousel of Happiness. It was the happiest highlight of our summer, it more than lived up to its name. (more…)
Celebrating Mid-Summer Studio Update 2022
Happy Lughnasa, in the Celtic tradition it’s the time of the first harvest beginning on sundown July 31. We have been eating high off the hog, like my grandpa used to say. (more…)
Mozart and Music
When I write, the best music to keep me focused is Mozart’s piano sonatas. The simplicity and unembellished sound of piano surrounds me without distracting me from the task at hand. That is, until it comes to Mozart’s Sonata No.6 in D Major, K.284, (more…)
Time Journeys
Time Journeys
Stanley D. Brunn, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington,is writing his seventh mega book with Springer publishing company, TIME JOURNEYS. (more…)
To Journey or Not to Journey
Has anyone noticed, how things change more quickly? Like when you’re ready to go on a journey?
Over here, (more…)
S L O W W O R K, Artwork Archive
I’ve been trying to think of how to make my current art project sexy, or at the very least, humorous.
It is S L O W W O R K (more…)
Celebrating Mid-Spring Studio Update 2022
Now the first quarter of the seasonal year is tidied up, it’s Mid-Spring, Beltaine, a favorite time for many folks. The next season is open for possibilities (more…)
Why I Open the Studio
Taking the time after a big event like Spring Into Art Open Studio to rerun the highlights through my mind makes me realize why I open the studio to the public. It can be summed in several ways; connections, conversations, conveniences, win-win for all. (more…)
Talismans for Wandering Stars, Celebration, and Hope
The inspiration for “Talismans for Wandering Stars, Celebration, and Hope” came in suddenly the other day to repurpose face masks I designed (more…)
Beads for Ukraine
One small thing I can do is to offer Beads for Ukraine with proceeds going to Save the Children Ukraine. (more…)
Off the Cuff, Casually and Spontaneously
New Wrist Cuffs
Off the Cuff, is the phrase occurred to me for a title for this post about three new wrist cuffs. When I looked up the meaning, “casually and spontaneously” (more…)
Blessings
I want to backtrack to the winter when I created “Blessings”, a series of six watercolors. They are on the Grace art page, but I was busy at the time and didn’t write about the amazing thing I saw on my studio window that sparked the work. (more…)
“Angel Play”
“Angel Play”, series of four paintings came about in the last days of winter. Beginning on Valentine’s Day, the return of the Red winged blackbird bachelors coming to roost overnight in the bamboo, (more…)
Spring Into Art!
It has been three years since the last Spring Into Art Open Studio. The previous celebration took place before (more…)
Negative Space
In our last class the subject of negative space in regards to drawing became the focus. For some odd reason I had challenged (more…)