…And Then There’s a Rockwell Kent Painting Behind My Head

File this under "Curious Collector Encounters". 1983. A Sunday morning in the summer. I took the train from New Haven, CT to Midtown Manhattan to deliver 2 paintings to a new collector. I walked into a small office and sat on the couch facing the elder lawyer's desk. [...]

By |2022-02-21T15:34:45+00:00February 14th, 2022|Art Shows, Collector Encounters, Notes from Life|Comments Off on …And Then There’s a Rockwell Kent Painting Behind My Head

How I Use Positive Movement for Creativity

"Just this breath and the movement that flows from it." I was practicing Ai Chi in my neighborhood outdoor pool last summer and my new filmmaker friend asked if I was staging "Performance Art". I describe Ai Chi as similar to Tai Chi - slow, deliberative progressive [...]

By |2022-01-05T23:07:32+00:00December 28th, 2021|Inspiration, Notes from Life, Waterscapes|Comments Off on How I Use Positive Movement for Creativity

Can One Have Too Many Books on Turner?

"Take me to the Tate." In 1990 I was pregnant with our first child. I left the doctor's office with the pregnancy confirmed and went directly to a travel agent office. "Book me a flight to London". I knew that if I didn't see Turner's paintings right away, [...]

By |2021-07-20T14:35:29+00:00July 20th, 2021|Art History, Artists, Inspiration, Landscapes, Notes from Life|Comments Off on Can One Have Too Many Books on Turner?

Transformation

During my junior year of college I had a super serious brain operation in Montreal. I brought my sketchbooks and Rapidograph pens and ink to the hospital for the multi-weeks' stay. In the hospital library was a book on butterflies. I drew and drew from that book. The [...]

By |2021-07-07T20:58:43+00:00June 28th, 2021|Art Shows, Completed Artwork, Inspiration, Notes from Life|Comments Off on Transformation

When You Get A Postcard From Helen Frankenthaler

Last year I was sorting through books, doing a hard cull down before packing to move. The art books were the toughest to let go. I had so many, and inherited even more from my Mom several years ago. Her collection included Asian Art, art from Latin America, [...]

By |2021-04-07T20:51:29+00:00March 31st, 2021|Artists, Inspiration, Notes from Life|Comments Off on When You Get A Postcard From Helen Frankenthaler
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