Signs & Symbols
Lately I’ve been exploring symbols. For my birthday last summer I got a couple of books on symbols. They explore, in great detail, the symbols humans have been making throughout time, religion and culture. From the 20,000 years old red
Painting With an Open Heart
This Sunday I cleared away all obligations for the day, eschewed social media and turned off my phone and turned on the music - this day I felt like painting loose and free. Most of my painting these days are
Spring: living forwards and backwards
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard I came across this quote a while ago and stuck it in my “food for thought folder”. Something about it rings so true. When we sit in
All Fired Up: why getting fired might be the best thing ever
Well I had a new experience this week – I got fired. It was the weirdest way of getting fired actually. I have been agitating with my local school district for a raise for the lowly enrichment teachers for several
Letting Go of Time
I had a lovely weekend; you want to hear what I did? Nothing- not exactly nothing, but nothing productive and I've got to tell you it felt fine! I sat around in my jammies until nearly noon, ate delicious food,
Selfie but not Selfish
I thought I’d share a little art teachery stuff. I had the opportunity last year to do some freelance art lesson plans for the art materials company Grafix. I thought you’d like to see the lesson plan I did for
The Tenacity of Life
Pleasure is spread through the earth in stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find. -William Wordsworth I went for a walk this morning with my old dog Lucky. She sniffed and barked at birds and phantoms, and followed the scent
Listening to the Landscape
I didn’t sleep very well last night so I almost talked myself out of my morning hike but I rallied after some oatmeal and a big mug of coffee to take a loop through the woods and out into a
The View from Above
As some of you remember I have been working on some aerial view art quilts. I’m using photo images taken from a plane to create iPad drawings then having those drawings printed large on fabric then quilting. (see these links
Miracles, the Meaning of Life, oh yeah and Pinterest…
Raise your hand if you love Pinterest….(my hand is up by the way) . If you don’t know what Pinterest is, it is like the idea folder and recipes binder and pattern box you have tried to keep up with