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…)
2.22.22 Twoday in the Studio
2.22.22, twoday, my day in the studio; I am starting on the more daunting project of documenting art from the 1980’s and 1990’s. To back up, (more…)