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This weekend I am in Boston for a yearly conference on spirituality. I’m staying on Harvard Square in the beautiful lace bedroom of friends I hadn’t met yet. Blog readers (thank you Erwin and Anne!) set me up to meet Helen Eddy (yes, a distant relative of Asa Eddy’s) who has been in the handmade … Read more
Last weekend, I went to two local art shows which I probably would have had art in if I hadn’t been away this fall. Last Friday night, my husband and I enjoyed the buffet reception at the SCAN art show, and then on Sunday, after a lovely lunch out just the two of us, we … Read more
My sixteen year old son and thirteen year old daughter entered work in four different divisions at the 4H Fair yesterday and they won the Best in Division in all four. (This is for work over the previous year and the entries were anonymous.) My daughter also walked away with the Best in Show! See … Read more
Today I watched this demo by artist Frank Bruckmann (click here to see his website). Much of his finished work is awesome so check out his website. He was just back from six months on Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine. Early in his career he spent many years copying the works of the … Read more
We entered Grand Tetons National Park in the rain so chose to explore the Indian Museum at Colter Bay. My daughter was very interested in the beadwork, and I took some photos to share with you here. It is amusing to note the thimbles used for decoration on a hatchet, and don’t miss the grizzly … Read more
At first glance, I thought these were black and white photographs, but they are actually black, white and gray pastels. Very effectively done, they are by artist Whitney Knapp of New York (click here for her website). As much as I love color, this opens up a lot of ideas for me that I might … Read more
Wow. I was really impressed and inspired by this artwork of kiln fired glass by Alice Benrie Gebhart.
Colby Art Museum is Maine’s largest art museum (click here for their website). They have a good collection of Whistler etchings, and watercolors by John Marin. 11996
I’m visiting a friend of mine (and reader of this blog) who works at the Spring Gallery and Sculpture Garden, in Belgrade Lakes Village, Maine
We’ve just finished a unit study on Monet. My youngest daughter and I read and studied a large variety of books, from adults ones to very easy children’s ones. I’ve included photos here of the ones we liked best. We also watched library videos about Monet, and tried emulating his painting style. My daughter used … Read more
I have a painting in the Ridgefield Guild of Artist’s current show themed “Play.” My painting titled Abstracted Person Playing can be seen by clicking here or by scrolling to the bottom of this post to see it as it is spotlighted in the gallery. If you are local, you can see this show May … Read more
These are the paintings I liked in Society of Creative Arts in Newtown’s 40th spring juried show. I didn’t enter anything but I probably should have,
I was pleased that my two paintings got great placement at this show at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists. You can see my above two paintings closer up by clicking here and by clicking here on this blog. As the first photo shows below, these paintings of mine are placed in the cameo spot where … Read more
I have known Nicole Cudzillo (see here) since she was in Kindergarten with my oldest daughter, and they were both homeschooled these many intervening years in this small town of ours, graduating last year. 10378
As I said I would on the blog here, I pursued the above Andy Goldsworthy books, and really enjoyed reading them. They were inspiring, thought provoking and wonderful. My least favorite was the snowball book, and my most favorite is the one on the bottom, as it is the best overview of this man’s awesome … Read more
Am I alone in not having heard of Andy Goldsworthy? What a delight. I’m SO inspired! This documentary of this Scottish man’s sculptural art in (and with) nature is wonderful. What he did in this movie with dandelions, and then later with sheep’s wool was so jaw-droppingly gorgeous, it left me feeling somewhat stunned.
We got up to this show in Kent, Connecticut at the Morrison Gallery (click here for their website) on the last day only to hear that it has been extended two weeks, if you still want to get to see it. 9666