On The Road Again After a wonderful week teaching and visiting friends in San Jose, I headed up to Northern California from the Bay Area to teach a second California Paper Paintings Collage Workshop in Sacramento at the Fine Arts Center.  We had … [Read more...]

NEW WORK and MORE MARKDOWNS! On The Road Again Today is officially day 20 of 37 days on the road for me this September/October I'm in California for FIVE MORE DAYS before I head to Art Makers Denver. I have been here to teach my Beginning … [Read more...]

An Old Friend on New Terms After dropping my Very Tall Boy off at George Mason University, I was on my way to Baltimore to visit a dear friend. I knew I would need this trip to keep my mind off my new life scenario... empty nest and all. Who … [Read more...]

This week my Very Tall Boy went to college. After researching many schools, applying to several, being accepted to a few, he chose one. Connor is now a George Mason University Patriot! Go green and gold. As all my fellow Mom's out there know, this … [Read more...]

Happy Birthday / Half Price Studio Sale! July 13th Through July 27th It's my first annual Summer Sale and I'm excited to clear out the studio and make room for new work, new storage, and even some moving around! I've got some old pieces and some … [Read more...]

  An oasis for gathering, for study, for work, for music and silence, for Greatness and Misery, for a social life and a hermitic life of contemplation in solitude, reign of Fantasy, of Fairy Tales, of Myths, of Echoes and Reflections outside of … [Read more...]

Today we hung at the studio and worked on our projects. We've been doing a lot of traveling and exploring and so it was time to buckle down and get those collages finished. But... not before having a big beautiful breakfast of fresh fruit, eggs, … [Read more...]

Today we took our Italy retreat students to the medieval Renaissance hill town of Montepulciano where they had the pleasure of visiting two working artisan studios. Montepulciano was founded by Etruscans in the 4th to 3rd centuries BC. We started our … [Read more...]

  Orvieto is a small city perched on a rock cliff in Umbria, Italy. The church of Orvieto, dating from 1290, has an incredible mosaic facade which has been recently restored and cleaned–all the glass tiles glisten like fire in the afternoon … [Read more...]

  Connor and I arrived in Italy on Monday and enjoyed staying with our friends Pamela and Lou who live in Cittá della Pieve. We barbecued, enjoyed home made dinners, drank wine, shared stories, caught up, did some exploring, and settled … [Read more...]