Bits and Clips for September 2023
I hope you find something among all these links, memes, photos, paintings, and poems and quotes from others that inspires, educates, motivates, reassures, or interests you…
Month: September 2023
Maine Art by Others (Galleries, Museums, Peers)
Check out in this post Maine artists whose work I saw there and liked.
Two Plein Air Paintings of Monhegan in Pastel
Here are two of the four paintings I finished on the island this year.
Artist Journal Page Spreads Painted on Monhegan
My approach here is more meditative than anything else, just marinating in being there, storing it all up for when I am not.
Cathedral Woods, Monhegan (Photos 2023)
Check out my many photos here from a great time in a special place.
Salted Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies (Recipe)
This year I inhaled three of these right out of the oven and she was gracious enough to give me the recipe…
Lobster Cove Photos (2023)
The sound of the surf, the briney smell of the air, the wind, …all are invigorating.
Arriving on Monhegan Island (2023)
It was great to be on this lovely, famous, “artist colony” island again, after our first trip there together last year.
The Cartographers (Book Review)
This book brought out a lively discussion in my book group last night; some loved it and some hated it. Me, I was somewhere in between.
I’m in this Guilford Art Center Show
Wade in the Water, the painting I did recently at camp, is hanging right now in a show in the Guilford Arts Center.
A Feast of Farmer’s Market Food (Photos 2023)
I love the farmer’s market. Not only do I love buying what I eat locally from someone I know, not only is the food fresher and more flavorful, but it is gorgeous. To consider the beauty, bounty, and variety of food that exists for our use, nourishment and pleasure, I think says volumes about the … Read more
A World of Spiritual Energy (Quote by Shinzen Young)
This is what happens when purity and insight are brought to bear…
Two New Pastel Landscape Paintings I Painted in Maine
Here are two landscapes in pastel I did last week in Maine.
Tara Will Workshop at Ferry Beach in Maine
I was the workshop coordinator for this pastel workshop and we all had a good time.
I’m in this National PSME Show at the Brick Store Museum
In these photos below, you can see my favorites in the show. Mine are Roughhewn and Up Through the Meadow.