Uncategorized

I am so grateful that so many friends, family and islanders could come to the reception. Very successful and fun!

When I was on sabbatical from my teaching job, my friend (and fellow painter) and I rented a studio and were able to focus entirely on our painting (and Crossfit!). It was an amazing six months. We headed out to …

Here’s another one Read More »

Getting ready for my show at the Feldman Artspace Gallery at the MV Film Society from November 8th-December 5th. Busy getting pieces finished and framed. Nothing better than a deadline with friends and family coming to see my work for …

Getting Ready for The Show Read More »

I need some help. This summer I felt the need to process what happened from the BLM protests of the spring and summer to the January 6th Insurrection. I gathered lots of images from those events and made a collage, …

What do you see? Read More »

In one of my favorite paintings from this experimental method, ​Resistance​, incredible photos from the New York Times magazine of the Women’s March in Washington DC become the underpinnings and inspiration for an explosion of blurred faces in a sea …

Resistance Read More »

After the 2016 election, as a way to calm myself, I re-read Walt Whitman’s poem, Song of Myself from his first collection of poems, Leaves of Grass (1850). There is something so loving and accepting and hopeful about this very …

Song of Myself from Leaves of Grass Read More »

Sometimes, though, just capturing the beauty of a landscape has not felt like enough. From mass shootings to the election to the pandemic, I have felt the need to do more in my work. Recently, I have been adding texture …

Allowing Beauty and Courage to Win Read More »

I like to work from photographs that I take on long walks with my dogs–from beautiful Vineyard beaches to Boston city parks. Here is a view of Lucy Vincent Beach in Chilmark, Martha’s Vineyard sometime in the winter. The fog …

Walking With The Dogs in Search of Inspiration Read More »