Land Art (Book Review with Photos)
I put this forward as a way to inspire you to engage with someone you love, or a bunch of children this summer, to do something wonderful.
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Make Your Own Rules (Book Review)
If you need a jumpstart to feel like anything is possible, listening to this memoir, is like cheerleading for the creative soul.
Painting as Poetry (Quote by Lewis Nobel)
The painting is about the energy you are communicating rather than a picture of the things that create the energy.
Remembrance (New Abstract Painting in Pastel)
Shared memories and reminiscence fold and undulate around, etched in recurring patterns, with sparks of recognition and curiosity.
Fording the Stream (New Abstract Mixed Media Painting)
This was painted from a memory of a tree fallen over a rushing stream with shapes on the trunk where branches had been removed… I was struck with the abstraction of it at the time.
Grace for Today (New Abstract Mixed Media Painting)
Done in many layered mixed media on wood panel, it is a bit of a departure for me.
Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon (Book Review with Quotes)
Can we all be as secure, vibrant, and seizing of our days?
Ephemeral Eurekas (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Are you waiting around for a flash of lightning, a bolt of brilliant inspiration?
Four Simple Collages of Flowers (Keeping an Art Practice Warm)
Make something uncomplicated, keeping your art practice warm on the back burner, while considering your next, larger, creative moves.
Inspiration is Unnecessary (Chuck Close Quote)
You feel like you need this great idea before you can get down to work, and I find that’s almost never the case.
I’m Teaching Painted Paper Collage for a Week in Maine in August
Every year on this blog (minus the pandemic) you’ve come with me to Creative Arts Camp at Newfound/Owatona, on the shores of Long Lake, in Maine, at the end of August. It is a national church camp program for adults, a destination event for creative Christian Scientists. If that is you, I want you to … Read more
Random Compositions in Ink (Grid Journaling Idea #4)
Use these little compositions to make yourself explain why a composition works, and why it doesn’t.
Playing with Red (Sketchbook Ideas #13)
I’ve found that it’s hard to get a red red that reads only red!
