Mid-Autumn Studio Update 2025

Whether you celebrate The Night of the Ancestors, All Saints Day, Dias de la Muertos, Halloween, or all of them, Happy Mid-Autumn Celebrations! Along with peoples of many cultures, I celebrate the Night of the Ancestors by remembering my parents and grandparents. In the Celtic tradition we believe that by telling stories about them, placing their beloved objects out, offering some special treats and lighting candles to guide their way to us, we will not be tricked by forgetting them. This comforts me.

In the flow with the seasons, I prepare for the 17th Annual Autumn Open Studio. I am excited to show several collections on wood panels and paper about belonging, this year’s theme. Letter to God, pages 1-6 is one that I am particularly fond of. All together there are 38 new artworks created since this time last year from series titled Murmurations, Vesuvian Gardens and Day Out of Time. This website has been updated with these new items on the new page!

 

Often my ideas begin in my journal through my Daily Art Practice. It is an efficient way to work out pallet choices. You may want to look through them.

 

Also new are 30 Little gift Ideas, four different series. Zinnia Joy, Protozoa, and Homage to Birds are acrylic paintings with collage on 4x4x.7” cradled panels, varnished. Desk Art is layered heavy paper, which stands open to reveal the affirmation on the back.

I’m excited to announce that I will be at the Shaker Village Christmas Market on November 8, 10-5, showing jewelry, new art, gift ideas and cards.

 

REIMAGINE exhibit is open at the Lexington Public Library until November 14, if you haven’t had a chance to see this show inspired by elementary school children.

The Garden

It has been another mostly dry growing season, as you can see with the dead grass beyond the zinnias. It was a really big year for zinnias, which were entirely volunteers. They inspired a new card set. The Hummingbirds were crazy for them, as well as the abundant Hummingbird Salvias.

 

We had very few tomatoes again, many pears that were eaten by the deer and our corgi, but finally figs came in after a 3” rain last month. Greg is managing the greenhouse well, so we have a nice supply of greens. It’s always a guess if we will have a freeze before the open studio and then have to take down the morning glory wall on the porch. What was your season like?

For your inspiration on Spotify: Ave Maria, Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod.

As we enter the dark half of the year, I think of you with gratitude for the help and loving kindness you send to me.