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The Craft of Art
If you pay attention to the craft of painting, the expression will follow. It’s like building a home for your muse. No floor? walls? No roof? Not very inviting.
Plein Air Painting – California
Making and Mending – and finding meaning along the way
At Nepenthe, we have long had The Free Box, a place where people have dropped off stuff they no longer need and picked up stuff that others are passing on (think books, kitchen ware, clothing, even furniture.) In Great Britain, Repair Cafes are springing up – places where you can bring something to be fixed,[…]
Monastery Beach – 10-14-20
Monastery Beach – oil on canvas – 11” x 14”
Still Lifes and Landscapes – October, 2020
Latest Work – 6/18/2020
Just off the easel – 30″ x 40″ – oil on canvas
A Nepenthe Childhood
I was born in 1963, in Big Sur, California, and grew up at my family’s restaurant, Nepenthe. I remember so many moments from childhood, like stills from a film. Peeking through the curtains to see everyone dancing down below. Astrology parties with free birthday cake and champagne and dancing under the stars. Beating tin can[…]