Several of the pieces in the Envelope series are studies in contrasts, and this is one of them. I love the elegant old-fashioned women peeking out from their gilded frames. Clearly they were women of means at their time, so I surrounded them with flowers. Yet despite their privileges, their life wasn’t easy. They were […]
Kent’s Annual Art In The Park Festival is this weekend September 9-10. I’ll be showing my collage and mixed media art along with some new pieces that I’ve been working on. Held in Kent’s Fred Fuller Park on Middlebury Rd., the location is beautiful and shaded. The festival has plenty of artists, food, great music, […]
Hi folks, here’s the plan for sketching for the next few weeks. Hope you can join us for one or all! Sept. 8 at 10AM in Kent. We’ll sketch the old Pufferbelly restaurant (now Treno Restaurant) and street views. 152 Franklin Ave, Kent, OH 44240 Sept. 15 at 9am at Gorge Metro Park http://www.summitmetroparks.org/gorge-metro-park.aspx (I […]
It’s August in Hudson, so that means it’s time for Art On The Green! This year, it is on August 26-27. It’s always a good show and a fun way to wind down the summer. Show dates and times are: Saturday, August 26: 10am – 5pm Sunday, August 27: 11am – 5pm I will be […]
I had the idea for “Letters Unsent” before “Packaged Moments“, but completed it afterward. I needed to work through the thoughts about those other moments before I could take on this. I wanted this piece to explore the emotions of looking back on life and reminiscing about the thoughts not said, the missed opportunities: the […]
After making “Open Ended Communication“, I wanted to do more with Mylar overlays and explore the emotions around partially hidden objects. “Packaged Moments” started out as three individual pieces, but as I worked on them, they began to play off one another so well that they had to become one piece. I chose images that […]
I got home Sunday from the 2017 Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago and have been unpacking my bags. It was a wonderful event and I’m so glad to have gone. The symposium team did a remarkable job organizing it, I’m happy with my sketches, and of course enjoyed seeing Chicago from a different perspective. It’s […]
“Open-Ended Communication” is a transitional piece that creates a pathway from the envelope-specific pieces (In The Clear, Going Forth) early in this series to more conceptual pieces (Once Upon A Time, Lifelong Buddies). The focal point in this piece is the small central envelope, which was originally created to stand on its own. The brown […]
Titled, “In The Clear”, this piece is dear to me for the sense of joy it conveys. Several years ago, a friend gave me a page from a French magazine printed in the late 1800s or early 1900s. The image on the page was of dozens of butterflies (papillons) happily hovering over flowers. I envisioned […]
As I began working on the Envelop/e series, I started making notes as ideas came to me. I’d jot a note on a scrap of paper in my studio, on a sticky note at home, or in whatever journal was handy. It’s great to keep track of those notes, but I couldn’t find them at […]