Art | Life | Process
My mother always wanted me to be a writer. So, here I write about all the things: art, life and the process of both.
Art Project Ideas: Creative Re-use and Tu B’shevat Trees
These are some projects for children that I designed and taught for Temple Sinai Religious School in Denver, CO, exploring the idea of what is called in Hebrew בַּל תַּשְׁחִית, Ba’al Tashchit, or "Don’t Waste," in honor of Tu B'shevat, which is the Jewish celebration...
Flux and Flow: Solo Exhibition of work at Regis University
Flux and Flow January 19th through February 19th, 2021 Details: O'Sullivan Art GalleryFine Arts BuildingRegis University3333 Regis Blvd.Denver, CO Visiting Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays: 9 am to 5 pmFridays: 9 am to 1 pmTuesdays and Thursdays: limited evening hours...
Works on Paper Holiday Sale!
It is time for my annual Holiday Sale, and this year I am focusing on works on paper. Visit my Shop to see a selection of unframed works on paper, all of which are 40-50% off the usual retail price! This is just a small selection of the work I have in stock, so if...
Artists I Know: Seed Sisters
The last few months have been largely confined to an area within a 45-minute drive of Denver, and I don't venture far. Compared to last year, when I was exploring the wilds of West Wales, I feel very much like my wings have been clipped! A bright light in the midst of...
Artists I Know: Talya Feldman
In my next installment of my “Artists I Know” series, I interviewed the multi-media sound artist (and Colorado native) Talya Feldman. I encountered Talya's work as part of the Pink Progression "Dearly Disillusioned" exhibition, "In the Making,"curated by Odessa...
Thoughts Beyond Art: To be in a rage…
This post originally appeared on my personal Facebook page. Due to the response, I have decided to include it in my blog. It is a personal response to the current events in the United States, and it is no way a scholarly article. I have included links to sources I...
Thoughts Beyond Art: Daf Yomi in a Time of Global Pandemic
Rabbi Elazar said to Rabbi Yoḥanan: I am not crying over my misfortune, but rather, over this beauty of yours that will decompose in the earth, as Rabbi Yoḥanan’s beauty caused him to consider human mortality. Rabbi Yoḥanan said to him: Over this, it is...
A new reality
We are in a new world right now. Nothing feels quite real – in fact, it just feels weird. What was important two weeks ago now seems rather inconsequential. Suddenly, we hone in on the essentials of survival: home, safety, health, family, nourishment.The...
Exploring a New Direction: Fiber Art
In early 2019, I decided it was past time to delve into a media I had been wanting to explore for years, but had not allowed myself to do. My reticence was that it would take me away from my painting practice. But my residency in Wales provided me with the...
Artists I Know: Rose Sanderson
I am continuing my “Artists I Know” series with the artist and founder of Createspace Wales, Rose Sanderson. It was my pleasure to interview her during my residency at the studio in Wales, U.K. You can learn more about my residency experience in previous...
Analog: a solo exhibition at the Center for the Arts in Crested Butte, CO
Take a tour of my Winter 2020 solo exhibition at the Kinder-Padon Gallery at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts! Over 20 paintings and an installation of fiber work is included. To learn about my Analog series, click here. Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606...
Create/Space: The answer is already there.
I have been back in Colorado for about two weeks. I keep looking back on my time at Createspace Wales, reflecting on the lessons there. I learned so much about myself, and my need to be in the natural world.Essentially, I discovered that my life does not...
Create/Space: Thoughts as I am leaving
Tomorrow afternoon, I conclude my residency at Createspace Wales, and head back to Cardigan for a night before going to London the next day. I get a few days in London with my husband, before the whole adventure is over.It feels like I just got here, and...
Create/Space: Observation #2
Taking part in this residency, in such a rural part of the world, where nature is the undercurrent of nearly everything in the way of life here, has allowed me to reconnect with a part of myself I had long forgotten. It is a part that needs to be part of...
Create/Space: Observations
I hiked back up to Mwnt today, this time with the intention to paint there. I wanted to attempt to capture the colors; also, it is a strange and beautiful place. It holds deep history, and you can feel it. The church here has stood for centuries, and the...
Create/Space: When Art is Surprising
Before I came, I assumed that I would just plop down into another studio an ocean and half a land mass away, and just make the same work I always do.But that is not what happened.Truthfully, I should not have expected myself to just plug back into the...
Create/Space: Following the Path
I swear this isn't some sort of walking holiday, or that I am re-enacting Wild but in West Wales instead of the Pacific Crest Trail. I will admit that there are similarities. A woman alone, hiking along an official national trail of significance. But...
Create/Space: Beginning the Work
"The call is to leave a certain social situation, move into your own loneliness and find the jewel, the center that's impossible to find when you're socially engaged. You are thrown off-center, and when you feel off-center, it is time to go...When you cross the...
Create/Space: A Change of View
After yesterday's angst, I needed a day to just be, and it turned out to be perfect weather for just such a day. After visiting in Cardigan and seeing some of the growing art scene there with a new artist friend, we drove up the coast to take in the views....
Create/Space: Detox from the Cultivation of Busy
I live in the culture of busy; no, the cultivation of busy, like a fine wine, only instead of the nectar of the gods, I get more things to do. I have built a life in which I do, do, and do more, until I collapse. And sadly, it seems like almost everyone I know is like...