… it was with some incredible hubris, if not utter disrespect, that I’d made these plans. I knew nothing about Truchas–its rich and complicated history, its heritage, its people, its simple AGE (the village was founded in 1754).
Of Transitions and the Place Between
A birthing that necessitated pain, as all birth does, was taking place and I was in it. I was coming into ME. And my paintings reflected all of it–the growth, the pain and the confusion.
Stripped Down and Broken Open: Giving Birth to Art
… this is where I caught my first true glimpse of me. THIS is where the abstracts were born. But I wouldn’t fully understand it until this very moment as I write it out to you.
So You Think Artists Are Lazy?
As most of you know, I didn’t paint for 26 years after college, where I was a painting and drawing major and a printmaking minor. What you may not know is that coming back to painting took a tremendous commitment and no small amount of effort.
Is There More to Tell?
You see her question took me back to my beginnings here, and the profound, deep effect Truchas, New Mexico has had on my painting. And I realized there is a story…
10 Things I Love About Being An Artist – The List
This is a recap of a series of posts I wrote listing some of the reasons I love being an artist. If you click on each title, or whichever title interests you, you will be taken back to the original post.
Welcome to the Struggle: What Artists Don’t Talk About
I am reminded, now, of John Burroughs’ simple and perfect call to action: “Leap and the net will appear.” Well, Spirit, I’m mid-leap.