I know it’s not over yet, still four more months until 2019 is over but as the summer winds down I found myself looking backward at the work I’ve created this year and I must say, I’ve been prolific for me. I can point back to a conversation I had with a friend about being…
I’ve been working day and night since the beginning of November on a project that took on a whole life of its own. Women Sharing Art, Inc. is a group of women artists I belong to and we were tasked with creating an exhibition of art around the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th…
I used to say that to my children when they were little and whining at me throughout a store for me to buy them whatever was the latest and greatest fad. Over my shoulder I’d say “What does whining get you?” and wait for their sometimes whiny response – “nothing”. I recently began mosaicing again after…
I took myself on a field trip the other day. The decision to go was spontaneous and out of the ordinary for me and I’m really glad I chose to make it happen. I received an email from the Art League of Long Island near the end of February 2014 that offered a tour of…
I think I might have mentioned that I tend to procrastinate a bit when it comes to my art and anything related to it. I’ve updated my website and have had it finished for a couple of months, maybe more like 4 months and I haven’t told the world or anyone, really, that it is…
I had asked for memories for Christmas in 2013. So, my daughter, Amy, who listens really well and took my request to heart, bought us tickets to see “Beautiful” the musical about Carole King, her music and life story. During the days before we were to see the show, I listened to my collection of…
I was commissioned to create a mosaic for a client. The goal of this particular mosaic was to evoke calmness upon viewing the work. I had some direction from the client: a suggestion of leaves was mentioned; the dimensions of the finished piece; and the mosaic was to go in an office that has mauve,…
Over my lifetime I have found that I often need a “carrot on a stick” to make me learn something new. When computers were first on my horizon in the early 90’s, my brother sent me his old DOS-based computer – complete with the blue screen and the flashing prompt! I needed a reason to…
I seem to write down quotes that speak to me and leave them in the most random places. I have found them in the bottom of my inbox on my desk; my bedside table; in my jewelry drawer; half used notebooks left at the top of a bookshelf, on old envelopes; tucked away in my…
Picture me, a little girl who is about 7 or 8, quietly, timidly dipping her little toes into a large pool of water. I’ve been circling the idea of a blog since 2011. In October 2011, Alyson Stanfield of www.ArtBizCoach.com fame came to my hometown to conduct a conference for about 30 artists who lived in the…