Happenings
Blog, Upcoming Exhibitions, Classes, etc.
July Road Trips and Digital Vacation
July was the month of driving, and I don't mean that lightly. I haven't added it up but I clocked something in the neighborhood of 3,000 miles on my car between July 7 and 31. It was part vacation, visiting family, bringing family to our house in IL, taking them home,...
It’s not what you look at, it’s how you see it
Today is the last day of my work being over at Kettlestrings Tavern in Oak Park, and I am taking a break from teaching classes for the summer - except for co-facilitating a live plein air painting day at the Oak Park Art League on Sunday, June 27 from 10-2:00 to...
Current Shows and Classes
My piece in the current exhibition at the Oak Park Art League, "Intersection: Art & Word" is one I thought I finished in 2017, but I had it hanging on my studio wall and every time I walked past it something would make me stop and think, "It's not quite there...
Changes
I will have a piece in the Oak Park Art League's upcoming show, "Intersection: Art & Word," which will be up until May 28 (my birthday!). I will also have a piece in the adjacent PopUp Gallery's "World Collage Day" show, running the same dates. My work will also...
Spring Fever and 100 Day Challenges
I posted this painting of mine on social media over the weekend to celebrate the arrival of Spring, and it is one of the favorite paintings I've ever done, created about six months after moving to the lake and inspired by morning walks to the water. It is on exhibit...
Lots of Good Stuff Going On
Hello Spring! The last few days of breezy, sunny, 60-ish degree days have me feeling so energized! It also helps that there are signs of covid restrictions loosening up, tennis can be played without masks, and I notice a lot of people have glimmers of hope about being...
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