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Tonight I went to an opening by Dmitri Wright and Bobbi Mullen (shown above). I had never met Dmitri, nor had seen his work before, so doing so was a special treat, as I hold a fervent fascination for abstract landscapes.
Yesterday, after dropping off our daughter for an overnight, interview, and to visit classes at Smith College, I was able to squeeze in a visit to their campus art museum.
I am headed up to Maine to my annual Creative Arts Camp where I will have the privilege this year to take a class with Brooks Anderson for a week on the shores of Long Lake…
My friend Roberta shares time in the same pottery studio as me on Tuesday mornings. She is shown above with her husband– she’s Brazilian and her husband is from India– and knowing her in Newtown, CT makes the world feel wonderfully small.
Here are my photos of the lovely art glass we saw at the Corning museum…
The museum was a great mix of science and art, suffused with demonstrations among excellent displays.
This summer, I have visited both of my sisters in their homes: Ohio and North Carolina, respectively. It was lovely to see my mom’s artwork gracing their walls.
Here is what our younger daughter has made recently in pottery…
See the earrings she fashioned for me in an original design and a drawing she has done recently in graphite, ink, colored pencil, and watercolor pencil.
I absolutely love the work of Sven Birger Sandzen. The painting above is my favorite of his, with a few close runners-up shown below. Born in Sweden in 1871, he received his art training there. Then in 1894 he immigrated to Kansas, where he taught art on the college level. But it was later, when … Read more
I found Amy Shackleton’s process shown in these two videos fascinating. I hope you will too!
This is artwork that I’ve collected from various articles online during 2013 and placed on my computer desktop. I’m depositing them here in an effort to clean up for the new year, and have a repository in which to save them. Also, I thought you might like to see what I was looking at last … Read more
When I was in Stonington, Maine last summer, I really enjoyed seeing Jill Hoy’s artwork. I was also glad to be able to meet her at her gallery and get her permission to photograph her artwork to feature on my blog. But somehow, life started flowing quickly and I never got it posted here until … Read more
