He complained to me that 50 minutes was too short for a presentation. “I know,” I replied, “but it’s all the time we have.” He then began his presentation to the high school class by telling them how samurai gathered in castles for their evening meals but had to eat before it got dark. “Oh no!” I thought, […]
Continue Reading...The first time I went to an art museum, I was a sophomore in college. It’s been many years since that first encounter but its impact has remained. Wherever I travel, I want to see their art. This is not the preference of my partner, however. He would rather check out the food and beverage […]
Continue Reading...Recently, I was at the beach with my husband when I received a text from a relative I rarely hear from that said “Hi, I was just thinking about you.” “Hi, I’m watching the sunset,” I jotted in reply. “Send me a picture!” he said. And then it hit me. He probably hasn’t seen a […]
Continue Reading...I am happy to share one of my newest woodblock prints, Floating. It’s an image of a Canadian Shield granite cliff in Ontario, pink above water and clear green blue beneath the surface. My vantage point is from floating in a canoe. A few hundred miles south in Michigan, we enjoy verdant cropland without cliffs […]
Continue Reading...It was August, 2019. The sun was rising above the horizon when my husband and I rounded a point and entered this bay on Mashagama Lake, Ontario. I snapped a picture with my cell phone, positioning the lit-up rock within the frame like a huge diamond pendant. I knew immediately that I had to make a woodblock print of this […]
Continue Reading...Their legs are skinny yet strong. They leap up and bound out of nowhere, all in high-heel-like hooves. They have an essence of gentleness and grace. Deer are my spirit animal. My husband loves deer as much as I do. Once, he snuck up on a deer in an effort to spank it. When I […]
Continue Reading...It’s May 16th in southern Michigan. The weather right now is gloriously spring: blossoms on every tree (or so it seems) and the soil is practically pulsing with an eagerness to get things rolling. For many, this is the best time of year. So much newness is on the horizon. I get it. So why […]
Continue Reading...“Imagine something lovely”, the nurse said. She could sense my anxiety. So I imagined something lovely in nature, my source of inspiration and spiritual renewal. “Ok”, I replied, and thought of swimming underwater in cool, green weightlessness. Before I knew it, my fear had been … washed away. This incident happened a long time ago, […]
Continue Reading...Greetings my Friend! I am happy to share my latest woodblock print of gingko leaves, entitled Gold. I chose the title even before I made the image because of what it meant to me. The title and image both serve as metaphors about autumn – the season of harvest, fruition, merit, and reward. Gold is the fourth in […]
Continue Reading...The beauty of any residency is that for a designated period, time is all your own. A residency at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology provides recipients with picturesque housing, workspaces, a library, laundry facilities, a canoe and kayak, a supportive staff, as well as the luxury of time to delve into creative work. All […]
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