Happenings
Blog, Upcoming Exhibitions, Classes, etc.
Paintings for a Scottish Pianist’s Concert Series
I just finished a series of eleven paintings for the Scottish pianist Kate Durran so she can have them at her 2022 concert series in Scotland and England. I first encountered Kate in 2009 for the Ruckert Lieder series, as I explained in my last post. That time I just...
Winter 2 Classes & Painting to Music
The Winter 2 Session of classes is open for registration, and I've gotten a couple of reports of OPAL's registration website being a little buggy. The bugs have been fixed, but if you attempt to register and you get a notice that classes are closed, please email me or...
Finding Good, No Matter What
I had a phone conversation the other day with one of my mixed media students, and what I thought was going to be an informal art consultation sort of phone call, took a sharp turn almost immediately. He had just returned from a long trip overseas to spend a month with...
Wishing you a peaceful & happy Christmas
I came downstairs to get coffee at 6:30 this morning, and caught this peaceful scene of Mango hanging out by the Christmas tree and couldn't resist taking a photo. Serene is not I word I normally associate with this cat, and the tree does not have any ornaments on it...
Ornaments & Cards
Last Saturday I had an ornament and card workshop at the Oak Park Art League and it was a lot of fun. I knew all of the students from previous classes and workshops, so I had a good idea of the skill levels and a bit about each artist's style. There were a few people...
Fall 2021
I currently have a piece in the Oak Park Art League's 100th Anniversary Members Show, up until the first week of December, and this past week wrapped up the Fall 2 Session of Mixed Media classes! The week after Thanksgiving begins the Holiday Short Session (3 weeks...
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