Are We There Yet? A journey may start with a single step, but how does it end? In fact where is the end? This is precisely what I find myself thinking as I spend the day completing just one, then just one more, OK one more step after that and I am still not finished… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 07/23
Tag: Sunrise Over the Atlantic
Week in Review 2021 – 06/18
Connecting with Color Our dining room table faces northeast. At this time of year, coupled with my propensity for rising early, we are frequently treated to magnificent sunrises during breakfast. Some are brilliant in color. Others are are more subtle. This morning’s was the later. So, what was I thinking as I took it in?… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 06/18
Week in Review 2021 – 06/11
Listening You spoke. I listened. You convinced me I was on the right path. Last week I asked for your opinion on how best to finish the outer edge of Sunrise Over the Atlantic. What struck me in particular about the comments and why it is such a delight to hear from you, is how… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 06/11
Week in Review 2021 – 06/04
Take the easy way out? Not me. If there is a way to extend the work on my quilt I find it just as the finish line comes into view. This isn’t a bad thing. It can be frustrating, though. I finally finished piecing Sunrise Over the Atlantic, or so I thought. It doesn’t look… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 06/04
Week in Review 2021 – 05/21
Public Learning I am always learning. Much of my learning, or at least sharing my learning experience, is done publicly. When you read my posts you are getting a front row seat. For me, this public learning can feel vulnerable, but it also feels companionable. I know whether you are an artist or art appreciator… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 05/21
Week in Review 2021 – 05/14
A Pause for Gratitude I begin my mornings by pausing for gratitude. It all started several decades back after working through The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron which I followed a year or so later with Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach. I combined their philosophies to create a mashup of morning pages and gratitude… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 05/14
Week in Review 2021 – 05/07
Child’s Play Thursday afternoons my husband and I drive one hour to meet our granddaughters when their buses drop them off. Even though they are only two years apart, ages 7 and 9, attending the same school system, Ariana arrives on one bus just before 3 pm and her sister, Mikayla, comes home about 20… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 05/07
Week in Review 2021 – 04/30
First Step What is courage? That is a question I’ve been mulling over quite a bit since last week’s post. My answer, at least for the moment, is taking a first step.This applies to so many things as I go about my life. On April 19th, the official date of Patriot’s Day, a holiday celebrating… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 04/30
Week in Review 2021 – 04/16
Artists are encouraged to have an elevator speech. I find my own elevator speech changing as I change. It isn’t easy describing the work one does in a single sentence. This week I did it. “I create my art using traditional techniques in non traditional ways.” This is certainly true of my current work in… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 04/16
Week in Review 2021 – 04/09
Why Bridget Riley I am mesmerized by Bridget Riley’s artwork. Although, I came of age during the time of OpArt, I was clueless about who the leaders of the genre were. Then, much, much later in life I was wandering in a museum and stumbled upon one of Riley’s paintings. WOW! No idea which of… Continue reading Week in Review 2021 – 04/09