

Covid Art 100: Completed August 6, 2020
On March 14, 2020, I wrote: I’ve been accumulating fragments of my art materials that were in different places around my home....
Aug 6, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 99: A postcard from the Mediterranean Sea
Are you curious about what is on the other side of this postcard? Another family member from my albums but I don’t remember which one. I...
Aug 5, 20202 min read
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Covid Art 98: 100 years hence: as our descendants see us…
I love her scowl and her anger. I hope she became a fighter for the rest of her life. Her dad has to wear a face mask because social...
Aug 4, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 97: Starry starry night
Yes, he is a dandy The photograph appears to be from 1911. I paired him with a multi media drawing on paper using charcoal, graphite,...
Aug 2, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 96: EB 1895 Led astray by knowledge
As you have seen from previous examples, I loved tossing gesso, specifically, throwing it over the paper on the floor, having learned...
Aug 1, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 95: A perfect dinner
I used to be a snob: a foodie, a wines, awrist watches, you name it. So it surprises me that a fresh and simple vegetarian dinner is so...
Aug 1, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 94: Darling Darl
I’ve named this little girl Darla (Hood) from TV’s Our Gang, produced between 1935 – 1941 but I didn’t see any of them until I was a...
Jul 31, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 93: Wicked Witch of the West
I grew up on the Wizard of Oz movie. It was a treat to watch it once per year on television. The scariest character was the Wicked Witch...
Jul 31, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 92: EB 1895 Abstract Knowledge
One more example of the power and resilience of the Encyclopedia Britannica 125 years after it was published. The mixed media hides the...
Jul 30, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 91: Clara’s Note
Another early work from 1997, this six inch square work includes a copper plate inked in pink beneath an index card used as letter...
Jul 30, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 89: Halcyon Days
This is the third work that has as its centerpiece 18th century prints of places my parents visited. I believe this is a Holland town...
Jul 29, 20202 min read
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Covid Art 88: Church Portals
As long as I can remember I’ve been drawn to the doors and portals of churches throughout Europe. Their sculptures, columns, recessed...
Jul 29, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 90: Lotus Root
Treehugger.com writes: The leaves of lotus are emergent, meaning that they rise above the water level whereas the leaves of water–lily...
Jul 29, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 87: Lovers Beware
Someone in my extended family had a book about love and marriage published pre World War II and I saved a few pages. In formal language,...
Jul 28, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 85: With Child–at last
Dated 1992, this drawing celebrates my own pregnancy after years of trying to get pregnant. I was already 38 and facing the prospect of...
Jul 27, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 86: Churches under siege
A screen covers these two antique photos, not really mirror images but enough to fool the eye for a few seconds. The fires causing great...
Jul 27, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 84: Horizon Profiles
As a child, I used to thumb through my parents’ collection of Horizon Magazine filled with essays on art and culture. I had to give away...
Jul 26, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 83: Ruby, Oregon
Distinctive stationery, clear handwriting, coffee stains: these letters from 1888 describe rural life – herding or farming. The antique...
Jul 26, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 82: EB 1895 Knowledge Obfuscated – also
Unusual for me is this bright artificial marine green, the color of boat hulls before they fade? that I really don’t much like. But to...
Jul 26, 20201 min read
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Covid Art 81: Plum and Pepper
This is one of the only watercolors from my summers in Provence I have not yet published. Looking at it brings back the freshness of the...
Jul 26, 20201 min read
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