Eight Commissioned Colorful Abstractions
I like thinking of these commissioned pieces making for a happy workplace.
Art
Clear Seeing Place (Book Review with Quotes)
This is a marvelous memoir by a successful and nice artist. Read here lots of quotes from it that I found illuminating.
Making New Pastels Out of Bits and Ends
When pastels get too small, or there is good dust left after a painting, I carefully keep it to recycle into new sticks.
Autumnal Equinox (New Large Painting in Acrylic)
This painting depicts the Autumnal Equinox, this time of year, when day and night are of equal length, and we pivot toward slowing down and recharging.
Announcing… ContemporarySpiritualArt.com
I’m so excited that we finally can announce a project we have been working on throughout the pandemic!
Listen to Me Be Interviewed on The Everything Enthusiast Podcast
In a world of specialization, where we are constantly told to live small and do only one thing, it was a delight to converse with someone else who also understands the blessing of doing the full range that you are called to do.
Aggregate Juried into the PSME International Show
I am honored to have my work juried into this international show.
Braided Branches on Long Lake (Plein Air Pastel Landscape Painting)
I was particularly attracted to this tree’s redness and the textural roughness of it bark, as well as its one-sided woven branches.
Art by Others at Creative Arts Camp 2021
This is some of the art done by others this year at Creative Arts Camp.
August Light (Third Artist-in-Residency Painting 2021)
This painting aims to capture that special kind of light in the forest during August, that shimmers against the dense depths.
Go Jump in the Lake (New Abstract Conceptualist Painting from Camp)
Plunge in and let the waters of Spirit cleanse you.
Multitasking (New Artist-in-Residency Abstract Conceptualism Painting)
Check out the process photos of how this abstract conceptual painting evolved. It is fun too that it already sold.
Creative Arts Camp Activity I Led (2021)
Check out this project as well as the poster summaries, which are a strong key to anyone who wants to do effective abstract work.
I’m in this National Juried Women’s Art Show in Hartford
You can see the whole show at Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon, CT 06066, until September 10, 2021.
Two Plein Air Pastel Paintings of Katahdin Stream
I painted next to this rushing stream the whole day our daughter climbed the mountain…
Katahdin Bark with Lichen and Moss (Large New Plein Air Pastel)
I was fascinated with the abstract quality of all this this texture on the tree bark, and I painted it larger than life to draw attention to what is too often overlooked or ignored.