Birds & Other Beautiful Things
This weekend I get to do one of my favorite things in my role as Resident Artist at The Bishop’s Ranch, make things pretty. We have a big event that starts today called the Annual Forum. It’s a time when
Singing at the Threshold
I took a walk this morning with my dog Lucky. My goal was to exercise the dog and myself and get on with my day, but as I powered through the antique apple orchard here on the back property the
A Murmuration of Starlings
One of my duties as resident artist at The Bishop’s Ranch is to come up with logo’s each year to illustrate the annul fund theme. This year the Ranch Chaplin and summer camp director teamed up with the advancement committee
Art as Everyday Object
I have been playing around with a new surface design technique for the last few months. As long time blog followers know, I love to experiment and try new things. Last spring I got my hands on a book published
Quilting in Community
Last Sunday I arrived back at the Ranch in the wee hours after a belated birthday trip to Chicago with my husband. We loved the city. We spent most of our time walking and exploring the wonder neighborhoods and the
A Year in Place
I started a personal challenge a little over a year ago, to represent this picturesque place I live, The Bishop’s Ranch retreat and conference center. The Ranch sits above Westside Road, south of Healdsburg, with an amazing view of the
July: Shade Seeking Season
Greeting blog followers, I’m happy to say I’ve caught up with myself and got my July painting done in July! I started the idea for this painting during one of the hot spells in July. The humans and animals alike,
June is Here!
I know it’s July but I’m still trying to catch up. I always feel like summer should be expansive, full of time and space to relax and explore… but somehow this summer like most is whooshing by with me struggling
May: better late than never
As promised I am posting sporadically through the summer. I finished my portrait of May from the vantage point of The Bishop’s Ranch at least. When I started this painting the greens were still winning the colors wars but by
Finding Enchantment & Foxes in the Thin Places
This week at The Bishop’s Ranch, where nature and human industry embrace, a wonderful discovery was made, a family of foxes. For those of you who have never visited the Ranch it is surrounded on three and a half sides