“The Humble Ms. Kitty Takes a Bow” “J. Fox Takes a Walk with His Imagination” Dear Friends, “Imagination through art allows for magic to happen, lifting the spirit and the heart during these uncertain times”. This is the title...
I don’t begin with an idea, I begin with a feeling. Lately I have been thinking that I don’t deserve the praise that people share with me about how my work affects them. They are full of praise and I thank them but the plain truth is, I haven’t been doing my real...
July and August 2018 Okay, here’s the thing, don’t judge me, I play solitaire to cope when I’m stressed and when I want to distract myself. When I have just told off my Dad. When my art projects are at a stand still and unresolved. For the art stories as yet unwritten...
or My Migrainal Summer or Death walks beside me while life swirls around me. My youth and the energy of youth is gone. I simply was too busy to notice. I seriously don’t know how this happened. One day at a time. Imagine that. But it was so fast. Zoom, here I am...
The summer is heating up and so am I. With exhibits and shows coming up for me in the fall I have quit teaching to devote my time to creating new work. I have been obsessed with these small portraits that will be shown at the Art Center for July. I have enjoyed...
Every thing I am creating in the studio these days is about taking care of our earth home and honoring the creatures and humans who live upon her. I am worried about our future. I am creating healing images because this is what I do when I am heart sick. It is as if...
It has been a beautiful Fall here in Southern Oregon. We have moved into our beautiful home that is now attached to my studio. The studio has a new paint job and a new roof. I think I have finally gotten rid of all the construction dust. I was wiping dust off my...
I attended a Martin Sexton concert a couple of days before the Ashland Open Studio Tour. I am a long-time fan of Martin Sexton’s music and I have seen him perform several times over the years. All of the other times I’ve seen him paled in comparison to...
She is one of those older women, you know, a “free spirit” who is always picking up strays. She helps those who are damaged in one way or another. No one knows that she is the Earth Goddess in human form walking among us doing what she can to restore...
As many of you know most of my art pieces have poems or stories that go with them. I can’t help it. The writing is part of THE process of making art for me. The art work comes before the writing 99% of the time. The stories started way back in my career....
Obsession and Art Head (the short version) I have been obsessed with clearing my art drawers. Deciding what I will work on and what gets cut up to fill creative clipping bags. Once I began painting on old ghost prints and embelishing the old images with more color and...
(A note of caution, my husband says I am whining. I say this is my art life and it is what I am thinking about.) Art Life One of the things I really like about working in the Ashland Art Center is being in community with other artists. Another thing I like is meeting...
Lately I have been thinking a lot about doubts and how I create when I have doubts. Having doubts is part of the process of creating. It is also part of being human. I believe people think that I always know what to do when I am creating a piece. I don’t. I...
In my printing process one thing leads to another, as in the example image above. The image on the left is created with black ink and printed on a sheet of my handmade paper, all the color is from the handmade paper. In the next monoprint I have added blue ink to the...
The storyteller tells a story so powerful strong that he turns still-water into a rushing clearwater stream. Through his conjuring words and his graceful movements he calls to the salmon people to come forth, and they do. His story restores the balance for all...
Bear wants to know what Crow knows Crow knows how to survive and thrive She rides time like a surfer rides a wave Crow teaches adaptability Crow speaks: Watch this, see what is reflected in my eye? Now fly inside Feel this, be this, Now, do it all backwards Go for the...
April 2013 On a recent Sunday my husband and I were installing my new old Griffin etching press into my studio. The press weighs about 600 pounds, so once I decided the placement this is where it would stay. No pressure. Just when I settle on an inch here, an inch...
I just got back from a wonderful trip to Georgia. It included family, friends, and book making classes. I also attended Peggy Rubin’s Sacred Theatre in Atlanta, where I facilitated a collage and writing exercise. The collages were all perfect for each participant and...
December 2012 I have never been so busy with my work nor have I ever been so driven. I mean I drive myself really hard. Is it this year 2012? Is it the sign of the times? Is it that I am realizing that I have a limited time here on earth? I don’t know but I am...
I don’t have too much to say right now. I think it is because I am in “art head”. I have been immersed in doing art or creatively thinking about art every day and pretty much all day. Switching gears to write takes a different part of my brain. That being said, I have...
This photo is from above my sink in my studio. I made the “Trust” sign at least 25 years ago. It has been prominently displayed in my studio work place ever since. It reminds me to trust my work, my art, my self. It reminds me not to lose faith or heart in what I am...
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