Tag Archives: Art

What Drawing Does

Posted on September 26, 2019 by

While I’ve heard people say, “Oh, I can’t draw to save my life,” or, “I can’t even draw a straight line,” I’ve never heard anyone say, “I can’t connect things with each other,” because of course we do, all the time, albeit unconsciously. Continue reading →

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The Art of Distilling

Posted on February 12, 2018 by

I was in Prague, “the Magical City,” or because it’s rare that I attend a live concert, I seemed to be hearing on another level, analyzing my enjoyment in a different way, having a different insight into what I was hearing through this filter of music. Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 6, 2018 by

“And now let us welcome the New Year, full of things that never were.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke Continue reading →

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The Nancy Who Drew Buildings*

Posted on November 10, 2017 by

I got into rendering buildings because one night I drew a candleholder. Continue reading →

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Filtering the World

Posted on October 21, 2017 by

…each attempt to create an experience on canvas or paper, “is imagination reaching outward to filter the world.” Continue reading →

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Personal Items: Desk

Posted on October 15, 2017 by

Now that I’ve settled on calling the sequel, “The Nancy Who Drew the Way Home,” I started to think about what the concept of home means to me now. Continue reading →

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Drawing Leaves

Posted on October 8, 2017 by

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~ Albert Camus

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