Slow Art
California Fuchsia in the backyard. Hi Friends, I’ve been working on some fiber arts pieces lately, and finally finished two of them. This is slow art tha...
Category: Natural Pigments
Sitting with Uncertainty
Greetings Friends, I’m working on some new fiber pieces, and I’m not yet sure where they’re going. They’re in that awkward stage where I...
Chop Wood, Carry Water
Hi Friends, I listened to an inspiring talk given by Bruce Rubin a few days ago. He does short talks weekly, and they’re all available on his YouTube chan...
Rags to Riches
Hi Friends, I was in the mood to change things up in my house, and I was rummaging through the studio to see what forgotten art I could find. I stumbled upon a ...
Daydreams
Hi Friends, It’s been brutally hot and humid here the past couple of weeks, and the studio feels like a steambath. I was taking a break from the heat and ...
Experimention with Materials
Greetings Friends, Now the compost pile is cooking! This is more what I expected to see from a piece of painted canvas buried in the compost pile for two weeks....
Compost Update
Hi Friends, Three weeks ago I buried a small painting in my compost pile, expecting it to pick up some color from the decomposing plant matter. Here’s wha...
Skunk Medicine
Hi Friends, I’ve been dealing with a skunk for the past couple of months. At first it was just nearby, and I occasionally smelled skunk spray in the middl...
Earth Speaks
Hi Friends, I’ve been working on some new paintings in my “Earth Speaks” series — the paintings created using natural earth pigments. I ...
Learning New Skills
Hi Friends, My mom is on an archaeological dig going through everything in her house in preparation for her move. One of the things she found and gave to me was...