Hike to the Cave in the Palo Duro Canyon (Photos)
The vistas, the rock formations, the very different color palette, and the company made for a special time.
Year: 2024
Visiting Family in Texas (Photos)
See in these photos a dear family, gathering around this beloved one, like moths to her flame.
The Living Sacred Whole (Quote by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee)
Remember what every animal, every insect, every plant knows…
Follow the Shining Ones (Sayings in Verse by the Buddha)
Follow them as the moon follows the path of the stars.
It’s the Little Things that Create Excellence (Quote by Daniel Chambliss)
Superlative performance is really a confluence of dozens of small skills or activities, each one learned or stumbled upon, which have been carefully drilled into habit and then are fitted together in a synthesized whole.
Ten Recent Pages in my New Artist Journal
It is good to have a place where the marks for just for yourself, and the result doesn’t matter.
How Far the Light Reaches (Book Review)
The lovely upshot is that in the process of examining all this wide ranging and unusual authenticity, we find permission to be unapologetically our own remarkably distinct selves.
IAPS Webshow 2024
I’d like to influence an increase of appreciation for purely abstract work in this fabulous medium.
Milkweed (New Poem by Polly Castor)
So round and round it goes each abundance a continuance from the last, uniquely beautiful and usefully contributing in every season– the cycle of life ongoing and ever-present.
October (poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar)
She, with youthful lavishness, spends all her wealth in gaudy dress….
Teaching Non-traditional Methods in Pastel (Day 3)
I adore teaching these classes and nudging people to blossom and thrive outside their comfort zone.
Teaching Non-traditional Methods in Pastel (Day 2)
I’m having such a good time nurturing these people.
Teaching Non-traditional Methods in Pastel (Day 1)
It was a total delight for me to open their eyes to a wider range of possibilities, set them free to make some of my ideas their own, and nurture them through the process.
I’m in this Renaissance in Pastel National Juried Exhibition
It is always a pleasure to be juried into a national show, especially in this case with a piece as edgy as mine above.
Last House (Book Review)
This book was very different, spanning the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s in America, right on through to the year 2026.