The Magpie’s Eye is the first full-size artwork that I’ve made in my new basement studio. Adjusting to a new studio always takes time. I haven’t worked on any real artwork since last fall – before we moved the gallery – so I was feeling rusty. To get back into practice, I’d been making smaller […]
For inspiration for this collage, I turned to the Nebra Sky Disk, perhaps the oldest known depiction of the night sky. It was used to mark the solstices and help the people of the time understand the world around them. The disk includes the constellation Pleiades – the Seven Sisters – which made me think […]
A thousand years from now, when archaeologists unearth my home, they will be mystified by the quantity of pens and pencils they find: in every drawer, between couch cushions, in jacket pockets, on tables, and in jars. Everywhere! What on earth happened in this house?! I can’t pass up a stationery display, ever. Online or […]
A question I’m often asked is, “When did you become an artist?”, or the variation, “When did you start making art?” The answer to both is that I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t drawing or painting or making something. My earliest memories are of holding a pencil and scratching at a piece of […]
Hands mean so much to us. They can mean start or stop, come or stay away, hello or goodbye, give or receive, and so much more. What do they mean to you? Hands are so expressive, as expressive as our faces, and such interesting shapes. I love that these two are blooming, and seem to […]
My mom and her sisters were a tight-knit bunch. Separated by age, careers, and geography, the Clemens Sisters didn’t see each other often, but when they did – it was as if they had never been apart. This piece is based on one of the few photographs we have of them as adults. Though it […]
Excavate. Investigate. Re-create. In this exhibit titled Reverse Archaeology, my friend Shannon Casey and I have created a series of artworks to explore layers of time and memory. Those themes have reoccurred in our artwork over the past few years and we wanted to delve further into them. We call this exhibit Reverse Archaeology because […]
Wow, it’s done! This last set of collages was the most difficult yet. I fell behind again, but managed again to catch up. I almost quit around the mid-80s but figured if I was that close, I HAD to keep going. Does it feel good? Yes, definitely. I am happy that I did the 100 […]
ALMOST finished! Just another couple weeks left! I have found it challenging to keep up with this set of days. I have had a couple of shows, including Boston Mills Artfest, and other events that have taken up time and I fell behind a couple of times. Despite that, I kept up and caught up! […]
The 100 Day Project continues, and we’re on the downward slide. This set of days have been more challenging than the first 40, mostly in finding time to complete each day’s work. I had several events during this time period, and was preparing for my exhibit at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, so I actually fell […]