Icaught the embroidery bug at Penland, so when I saw that the Art League School …continue reading »

Big juicy color. Who doesn’t love it? This particular palette is one of my favorites. I used it to paint a somewhat abstracted barn in a weekend workshop taught by Brenda Belfield at the Art League School in Alexandria, VA. Actual size is 36″ x 24″

In the late 1980s, I attended the Oxbow Art Colony to take a painting class. I had never worked in oils before …continue reading »

I did this print in 2001. It was originally a black monotype, but at the request of a friend who liked the design but also loved color, I applied washes of water color to give it its “tropical” feel. Hence the title: Tropical shoes. It hangs proudly in my friend’s apartment.

In 1998, my parents celebrated their 50th anniversary, and renewed their vows. I wanted to do something special. The preceding summer, I had spent many hours with my Mom, poring over boxes of pictures …continue reading »

Remember Melissa Bank’s book about falling in love, Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing? Well, my helpful advice book is A Girl’s Guide to Running and Screaming. …continue reading »

If you’re like me, you buy lots of crafts books with good intentions of doing the projects within. They are kind of like porn for crafters, don’t you think? Well, over Christmas, while away from home for a week, I decided to try some paper quilting …continue reading »

A few months ago, I took a weekend workshop on printmaking using a hand drill on woodblocks to create imagery. The instructor, master printmaker Steve Prince, included on his work a stamp of something he called a “chop”: essentially, a graphic signature. …continue reading »