All adults should go away to camp for a full month. The kids would be packed off to Grammy's. Better yet, Grammy would come take care of the kids — there is enough planning and packing to do for oneself to go away. Not that much is actually needed: an overnight bag to carry a pair of jammies, a toothbrush, a wind breaker, and a hat. Leave all electronics home. Don't leave a forwarding number. Cut … [Read more...]
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
I am pleased to announce that I have been awarded a Fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, Virginia. This will be my second residency at VCCA, attending for a month each time. The VCCA is located next to Sweet Briar College, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in rural Virginia. I will be among approximately 20 Fellows focusing on our own creative … [Read more...]
The Meditations of Rabbit and Pierrot
Last summer a friend gave me a hardcover bound sketchbook she'd made using Stonehenge cotton paper for the text block. She recommended pencil, if you don't erase, and water-based media, for which I chose gouache (opaque watercolor). I began on the second page — my habit for sketchbooks and journals — to do still-lifes using objects already in the studio. As the work progressed, turning the pages … [Read more...]
Rabbit and Pierrot with Shell and Brass Vase
Rabbit & Pierrot with Shell and Brass Vase, gouache and pencil on stonehenge, 6.5" x 8", 11/2/2007 … [Read more...]
Rabbit and Grapes
Rabbit and Grapes, gouache on Stonehenge paper, 6.5" x 8", 9/17/07 … [Read more...]