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Monhegan Island: Hike Through Cathedral Forest to Squeaker Cove (Photos)
By Polly Castor on October 3, 2022Read moreI loved being surrounded with compositions and textures, trees and rocks, moss and roots, surf and sky. See in...
10Monhegan Island: Rain, Galleries, New Friends and Food
By Polly Castor on October 2, 2022Read moreThe food and sense of community on Monhegan are wonderful and overcame the downer of bad weather.
Monhegan Island: Lobster Cove (Photos)
By Polly Castor on October 1, 2022Read moreWe enjoyed ourselves at Lobster Cove, surrounded by compositional shapes and great texture.
Bits and Clips for September 2022
By Polly Castor on September 30, 2022Read moreI hope you find something in all these photos, paintings, quotes, poems, memes, or links what inspires, interests, educates,...
Monhegan Island: Hike to White Head and Burnt Head (Photos)
By Polly Castor on September 29, 2022Read moreThe photos in this post provide not only a record of our wonderful hike, but are reference photos and...
Arriving on Monhegan Island (Photos)
By Polly Castor on September 28, 2022Read moreThree artist friends and I journeyed together to Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine to hike and plein...
Why Fish Don’t Exist (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on September 27, 2022Read moreThis is genre-bending reading, part memoir, part biography of David Star Jordan, part expose and social commentary, part existential...
I’m in this Pure Color Juried International Online Show (2022)
By Polly Castor on September 26, 2022Read moreYou can see some of the work in the show in this post...
Upon this Rock I Shall Build my Church (Deep Think #20 )
By Polly Castor on September 25, 2022Read moreUpon what is the church to be built?
The Month of All (poem by Henry Grantland Rice)
By Polly Castor on September 24, 2022Read morePraise for the glory of September!
Self Critique Your Artwork with this Elements of Art Check-list
By Polly Castor on September 23, 2022Read moreThis is how you'll know your painting is finished.
Notes and more Quotes on Abstraction
By Polly Castor on September 22, 2022Read moreI've been prepping for an Adventures in Abstraction workshop I'm giving in Maine and will be including these among...