wip, mixed media on board

if you look hard enough you can see a face off to the left.

in gathering up paintings for my upcoming show i found 

this little painting.  i was about to have it framed when 

i noticed that her head that i thought so charming was way off centered.  

my workshop teacher, frank minuto, said that when

his mentor wanted to change apart of a painting

he glued something on top of it and repainted.  hmmmm,

i could do that.  so i glued tissue on top of it.

but before i got a chance to paint a new face, i framed, matted,

delivered and helped to hang over 40 paintings and there are 

more to come.  almost everything else has taken a back seat

to impending deadlines.  this painting is a reflection of my state right now...head on a 

little crooked and wanting to right itself.  my wonderful friends, 

evie and joann

are creating a stunning solo show.  their  efforts and enthusiasm has filled my heart.

if you live in the area, i'd love to see you on december 7.

wishing you a wonderful weekend.

posting with ava and kristin and the creative folks at paint party friday.

a peek at what is on my easel

acrylic on bristol paper

"life is not a straight line.

life is a zig-zag."

maira kalman

i am a maira kalman fan, her wit, her eye 

and her sensibility and humor. 

her  a new children's alphabet book 

is irresistible....except for the fact

that i am still decluttering, a bag out 

of my house a day, minimum and i am not

adding anything to until i have 

completed the process.  but i just wanted you

to see how charming her pages can be.  maybe you 

can buy the book and tell me about it :)

 i tend toward the obsessive in the sense that whatever

i do, i do it one hundred percent.   things get

confusing when several important events or activities

coincide.  as it does now, where i am decluttering and

have an upcoming solo show.   i do my best.  

thank you for visiting today.

i would love it if you had the time to drop me a line.

X O X O X

today i am posting to paint party friday.

an online community of artists hosted thanks to

 eva and kristen.

not all

who wander

are lost

j.r.r. tolkien





have a lovely weekend and

thank you for stopping by

X O X O




posting today with the lovely folks at paint party friday.
i am grateful to our hosts, kristen and eva for their
continued dedication to developing community and 
to all of the friends i have met here.

journal page

resolution

i will spill 

the dust from my lap,

climb the great

wide trunk

inspiration from anthropologie displays

of an ancient tree

fingernails embedded

in the bark,

scramble up the 

most elegant branch,

and drink sloppily from the luscious juice

from the ripest vermillion fruit.

rosanne sterne

painted canvas

i met rosanne while we worked with sharon olds on a small workshop

at esalen.she was a promising poet and talented musician as well.

i don't know how i got the nerve to apply but  was honored 

and so nervous to have been accepted to  the workshop.  

i will never forget the experience working  with other poets in the 

garden landscape along the big sur coast,

the scrumptious vegetarian food grown from the gardens and

the lively conversations with people from all over the country.