Authenticity is the Mother of Reinvention

I struggled creatively throughout the pandemic. This isn’t a revelation. It’s a confession. Those who follow this blog or my social media may recall posts explaining how hard it was for me to pick up a paintbrush. It began with the lockdown, but the feeling persisted. I had to reinvent myself as an artistic individual […]

Artemisia Restored

I have had Artemisia Gentileschi on the brain as of late. One of the most talented and powerful figures in all of art history, she feels kind of timeless to me despite having lived more than four centuries ago. I think she’s a lot like Frida Kahlo in that way, or any other (art) historical […]

CORPUS DELICTI at the Maitland Art Center

CORPUS DELICTI is more than an art exhibition; it is an emotional experience. Currently on view at the Maitland Art Center in Maitland, FL, CORPUS DELICTI is the profound and deeply moving work of artist Jessica Caldas. While the physical medium is a repeated motif of soft sculpture (think early Yayoi Kusama, not Claes Oldenberg’s […]

Caren Akers at the Leesburg Center for the Arts

As I resume my art adventures through the creative wilds of Central Florida, I want to share with you a gem of an art exhibition I discovered in Leesburg, Florida. Don’t worry – you still have two weeks to see this show before it closes on May 18th! Caren Akers – An Abstract Journey: Color […]

Person of Interest

I am so grateful to the team at Lake & Sumter Style Magazine for featuring me as their Person of Interest in the April 2022 issue. My thanks to journalist James Combs for taking the time to chat with me. He was very easy to talk to and asked me some really insightful questions. I […]

“The Electrical Life of Louis Wain”

“The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen and is itself a masterful work of art. This film follows the turbulent and eccentric life of British artist Louis Wain whose humorous and loving depictions of cats changed the way in which people of the Victorian era […]

The Secret & The Sacred: The Art of Hilma af Klint

Last week I gave the second presentation of my current lecture series – The Artist as Alchemist: Spirituality, Science & Magic in Art – via Zoom to yet another group of delightfully curious participants. In fact, they seemed to be really intrigued by this artist’s unexpected artwork. This did not surprise me one bit because […]

Happy New Year!

2021 is finally here and I will admit that I have been doing some serious reflection over the past few days. In 2020, we all had to rethink the way in which we did nearly everything. We shopped from home and had groceries and other necessities delivered to our front doors. We met with our […]

Love x Infinity

It is time for the 5th Annual Wine Box Art Show! The owners and operators of The Barefoot Spa here in Orlando, FL, have once again partnered with local artists for the annual fundraiser to benefit the Zebra Coalition. In its first four years, this event has raised over $26,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth in […]

My Covid Classics – #6

On the last Friday in July, The Wandering Art Historian book club discussed Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art & Made History (in That Order) by Bridget Quinn. To celebrate our second gathering via Zoom and to honor one of the incredible artists discussed in our book, I decided to recreate one of my […]