I have a deep appreciation for an interesting, well developed and beautifully painted still life. I’m trying to learn more about how to set one up and it remains, for me, as challenging as ever. Some of the sources I have checked strongly recommend a theme or a story. In other words, all the items… Continue reading Still Life Set Up
As many of you know, I went through a fairly deep and extended period of what I think was mourning… for the loss of my mother, the closing of two of three galleries where I showed work, and for the overall stress of just miserable world events. I took a class with Thomas Bradshaw in… Continue reading A New Series
I received an email the other day from a young lady in California who advised she had found me on Quora where I have answered questions or made comments in relationship to art in the past. She was working on a paper in which she had to “interview” an artist. As a former journalist (WAY… Continue reading An Interview
The photo has a bit of glare off the wet dark paint around the head of the nearest dancer, but I think you can get the idea. Again, here is the original photo so you can see some of the very conscious decisions I made to 1. focus the composition, 2. preserve the privacy of… Continue reading Waiting in the Wings
I am not someone who normally reacts in an overly emotional way to the loss of a pet. I’ve had over the 60 years of my life, many pets. There have been many cats, dogs, sheep, a rabbit, gerbils, birds and I think there were fish and even an ant farm at one point. And… Continue reading Processing the Loss of a Pet
We arrived home from the Figurative Arts Conference & Expo on Wednesday evening. We tended to our cats and pretty much collapsed in front of the TV that first night home. The next day we unpacked, did laundry, ran errands including grocery shopping, and I cooked us a decent meal. I also put away my… Continue reading FACE withdrawal and inspiration
I think this fellow is actually a cook, but since he was doing something very interesting with a piece of meat, I’ve decided to call this The Williamsburg Butcher. So, here is the reference photo: Because his left hand was moving and blurred, I had a hard time figuring it out. In the photo, because… Continue reading Williamsburg Butcher
I decided it was time to add a little something to my CV and I took the plunge on November 1, paid up my dues and submitted two paintings for consideration to the Oil Painters of America (OPA). I am happy to report that yesterday I received an email letting me know that I had… Continue reading Joining Up
The last two sessions painting were very long for me. I’m working on building up my stamina, I guess. In any case, may I present The Apothecary Clerk This painting is 16X20″ on stretched linen and will be on display at the Stewart Gallery in Gloucester, VA on May 2020. It is part of my… Continue reading Colonial Williamsburg Apothecary Clerk
When Ken, my husband, and I visited Colonial Williamsburg this summer I was already working on this series of painting featuring the interpreters there. These fellows were working on different projects. The man in front was working on a leather folio (as an artist, I covet a leather portfolio). The man in the back was… Continue reading Colonial Williamsburg Leather Workers
COVID 19 has thrown a lot of folks for a loop. Staying home, food shortages, boredom, and generally questioning how we live our lives has caused a lot of folks to start looking at how to become more self-sustaining. This site will include a wide variety of things including how to cook from scratch (really, really scratch) and create a garden in hot & humid Virginia, our adventures in turning a shed into a chicken coop, and working with an old orchard that produces an abundance of ugly but perfectly edible fruit. And how to do all this with just two of us old geezers (I'll be 61 in June 2020 and my husband is older).
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