January’s Birds

So far, I’m on track to paint 100 birds in 2021! I need to paint about 8 a month (plus a few extra) to meet my goal, and I managed just that in January. I always release my new collections to my e-newsletter subscribers first, so they can get the first shot at buying the…

100 Birds

Looking back at the art goals I had going into 2020, it’s hard not to laugh. Oh, how naïve we were in January. I don’t need to go into all the ways it has been a hard year for us, it’s practically all we think about already, right? So sitting down to write some goals…

Playing with Color

Do you ever feel stuck with your art?  Like maybe you have a lot of ideas but they’re not coming out right or maybe you’re getting bored with your usual style and subject matter. I felt that way.  Finding my way back to my artist self since becoming a mother has been a long road…

Rainbow Portraits are Back!

About a month back, I posted an exploratory post on  my local mama group’s Facebook page, wondering if anyone would be interested in ordering a rainbow portrait from me.  The response was amazing!  So many people contacted me, and many of them followed through and ordered one (or two or four!). It feels great to…

Maureen Forman: Drawing More Closely To A Sense of Herself

I was so delighted to hear a radio interview with my old friend, Maureen Forman, that she recently shared online.   We met 13 years ago in Cortona, Italy, where we were roommates and friends in a study abroad program. Take a listen to the whole interview.  It’s pretty short but inspiring as it covers part of…

Art Show at The Asheville Loft

http://www.theashevilleloft.com I will be a part of a group show at the Asheville Loft on Friday, June 27th from 7-10 pm. The Asheville Loft is a very cool new gallery space.  It’s the living space/loft of two Asheville artists who love art so much they have turned a part of their home into a gallery. …

Clean Studio

Dyeing with Jewelweed

Man, dyeing stuff with plant material is just so much fun. Since I wasn’t crazy about the yellow color the marigolds dyed my yarn (it’s for a sweater for myself, and I am just not going to wear big bird yellow, no matter how sunny and lovely a color it is), I wanted to try…

A New Obsession: Natural Dyes

Yes, I am now behind again on my 52 portraits plight.  I don’t care.  I had to spend the entire weekend dyeing wool with plants.  I HAD to! Previously, I had only dyed with black walnut which requires no mordant or special treatment. I started with marigolds.  I did a little research online about how…

33/52 A Portrait A Week

This is Lori.  She just moved back to Ohio to go to grad school for photography.  We met in an airport.  We were both holding the most recent David Sedaris book and struck up a conversation while we waited for the delayed flight.   She was on her way to interview for a job outside…