If there’s anything we need more of in this world today, it’s kindness. Join me at Ten Thousand Villages in Winter Park, FL for a unique and powerful crafting event focused on sharing joy and lifting up our fellow humans. We’ll be making paper “fortune cookies” filled with positive and encouraging phrases that are perfect to give […]
Read more "Spread a Little Kindness!"My three-part lecture series celebrating women artists debuts in Mount Dora, FL this week. Hosted by 1921 by Norman Van Aken and presented by Modernism Museum Mount Dora, this lecture will be offered as part of a very special “Dine & Learn” opportunity that includes a three-course meal. Art is not a true reflection of […]
Read more "“From Muse to Master” in Mount Dora, FL"2017 quickly draws to a close and I am grateful for the many creative opportunities afforded me this past year. I am especially grateful for WordPress and it’s unique writing platform. This blog has been a bit of a respite from the “real world” – a place where I can share my thoughts on art […]
Read more "Auld Lang Syne"Thanksgiving has come and gone and the holidays are in full swing! I would like to personally invite you to a very special reinterpretation of a traditional “holiday” art show. For some, the holidays are not the most joyous time of year. The holidays can be a reminder of negative events in one’s life, lost […]
Read more "A Joyous Season!"Hey all you artists and creative types! Do you need help writing about your work? Do you have an upcoming gallery event or are you about to debut new pieces and you’re not sure what to say about them? Let me help! I LOVE writing about artists and their work and as an artist myself, […]
Read more "Writing for Artists"I was asked to write about the artwork of Lillian Verkins for the June issue of Artborne Magazine. After spending time with Lillian in her home studio, I quickly realized that no ordinary article would be sufficient to express how I felt about her work. As I am finding out so frequently this year, “art […]
Read more "The Answer: The Artwork of Lillian Verkins"While I continue working my way through all the Studio Ghibli films, please enjoy yet another Totoro painting. I can assure you it won’t be the last! Painting Totoros has given me a sense of peace during these troubled times. He comforts me the same way he comforted Mei and Satsuki and I am so […]
Read more "Totoro Among the Flowers"This is a painting I did over the summer for a show titled “Go with the Flow.” It wasn’t accepted, but I love how it turned out. I wanted to explore the idea of merging the symbol for the astrological sign Pisces (two fish) and the Yin and Yang. Instead of the traditional black and […]
Read more "Pisces"Today I’ll be working on a very special piece of artwork for a fundraising event this Fall. For this event, local artists are asked to paint a wooden wine box that will then be auctioned off to raise funds for the Zebra Coalition. I am honored and humbled to be one of the artists contributing […]
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The Wandering Art Historian 