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Today’s Outing, Polishing the Lamp & New Inspiration

January 13, 2012

Today I am taking the set “The Journey” to show a boutique, hoping they will show my work. I’ll let you know how that goes. Also, I am going to The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center in Frederick, MD to scope out their gallery spaces – I am going to submit a proposal for a [...]

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Ready, Set > Create!

October 24, 2011

I recently installed these 6 pieces in the home of a client, they are from the Biography Series.
I have been struggling with having enough time to dedicate to my art lately. I was so sure that once my kids were in school that I would have more space to be creative. Ironically, life seems to [...]

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Art, the Boa Constrictor & Letting Go

September 2, 2011

I’ve been taking a vacation from my art for the past few weeks. I needed to gain some perspective. I just got to the place where I felt like “this is not working!” and that I did not want to go on if “things were going to be like this.”
After having a bit of [...]

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Art Is An Act of Faith

May 19, 2011

“Artists are visionaries. We routinely practice a form of faith, seeing clearly and moving toward a creative goal that shimmers in the distance – often visible to us, but invisible to those around us. … Art is an act of faith, and we practice practicing it. Sometimes we are called on pilgrimages on its behalf [...]

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Art & Flowers In Upstate New York

April 18, 2011

I went to New York last weekend to be present for opening night of “The World Adventure” group show at Cornell St. Studios in Kingston. My friend Barbara Nahemow went with me. I had a truly fabulous time. Really, from beginning to end.
What made my trip so wonderful?
So many things. And I have to [...]

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Feeling Refreshed, Ready to Paint!

March 1, 2011

Maybe I needed both the 4 and the 2 week breaks from my art that I’ve had over the last few months, even though I kicked and screamed and was so mad at the time. (See Artist, Mother of Triplets – Fries Out Over Winter Break.) But now I feel fresh and *hungry* to create, [...]

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I am Spiritual

May 19, 2010

Somewhere along my journey to become a professional artist, I came across a statement that translated as “do not to be too spiritual about your artwork, at least don’t act like it – the professional art world won’t take you seriously”.
I subconsciously gulped this tidbit down like a statement of FACT; that if I was [...]

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Let the Commission Flow

March 20, 2010

When I do a commission, as I have learned, it is important to let the commission move *through* me – for the art to be born.
I talk with the client, see what they like, what they don’t like, I open myself to receive what they want and what they can tell me consciously. I study [...]

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A Distant Port ~ A Sense of Place

March 5, 2010

I feel as though I am searching for a sense of place. I feel my heart’s longing, wondering where I belong. The feeling was very strong when I started this piece, and I felt it come and go as I worked. Now that this is finished, I can feel the next piece waiting to be [...]

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Where I Paint

December 28, 2009

My studio, as I affectionately call it, is actually the vault-like room beneath our home. I have a space sectioned off specifically for the pursuit of art and I have adjacent office space. I am grateful to have such a large dedicated space in which to work.
Shown below is the primed canvas for my upcoming [...]

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