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...
