I’ve written about the paintings I made this summer
in Sweden, and how important place is in my work.
It’s powerful to draw with openness and truth, and to
notice someone else with curiosity rather than judgement…
I believe in the idea of tending to what we love. Tending to
what we love results in putting good things into the world.
Last week wasn’t my finest. I had a cold, my husband was out of town, we had constant rain and two rainout days at school which meant that my three boys (age 10 to 15) were home. With me. In rain. With nothing scheduled.
Read MoreShortly before one of my regular Sunday drawing classes, I took out a puzzle I have of Van Gogh self-portraits that I had wanted to use. It’s a cube puzzle with 12 pieces, the kind that is made up of blocks the same size that one puts together to create an image.
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