Live From Afar

On March 14, 2020, I wrote: I’ve been accumulating fragments of my art materials that were in different places around my home....

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...

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...

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,...

As you have seen from previous examples, I loved tossing gesso, specifically, throwing it over the paper on the floor, having learned...

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...

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...

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...

One more example of the power and resilience of the Encyclopedia Britannica 125 years after it was published. The mixed media hides the...

Another early work from 1997, this six inch square work includes a copper plate inked in pink beneath an index card used as letter...

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...

As long as I can remember I’ve been drawn to the doors and portals of churches throughout Europe. Their sculptures, columns, recessed...

Treehugger.com writes: The leaves of lotus are emergent, meaning that they rise above the water level whereas the leaves of water–lily...

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,...

Dated 1992, this drawing celebrates my own pregnancy after years of trying to get pregnant. I was already 38 and facing the prospect of...

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...

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...

Distinctive stationery, clear handwriting, coffee stains: these letters from 1888 describe rural life – herding or farming. The antique...

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...

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...