This month’s focus has been on building the structure of my days. Habits toward health. Habits toward peace of mind. Energy. Well being. Peace. Patience. Purpose. This morning I got up earlier than usual to bake off two loaves of sour dough bread I’d left to rise overnight. Tom, up even earlier, had already preheated[…]

The new habit, day one. Planning my day the night before. The night before, when I am in the midst of my winding down rituals, my sleep hygiene protocol, my end of day doings. My sleep ritual begins by going to bed an hour earlier than I normally would, plugging my cell phone into a[…]

A painting and creativity workshop for non-artists May 12-17 2019 What if you could connect with a sense of peace, power, and meaning just by taking ten minutes a day for creativity? What if this became a daily habit? There are profound benefits for every person in crafting work with your hands. It is not[…]

New works in oil will be shown at our upcoming Thanksgiving Weekend Open Studio. November 23, 24 noon to 4pm at the log house at Nepenthe Refreshments will be served.

The Walk The walk. In Cornwall on Hudson we walked through a quiet neighborhood of brick houses and groomed lawns breathing in the rich saturating sweetness of laundry, so present it was almost visible in the icy air. We walked up a narrow country road to a lookout from which we could see miles and[…]

8:04 am In my workshops In Mexico last week I gave automatic writing assignments as warmups before painting and collage. I always think everyone will be familiar with this concept, and there was one girl who nodded her head and looked ready to jump in, the standup comedian from NYC. Otherwise, though, not so much.[…]

It’s not for sale. Why not? Here’s why. Sometimes you’re working on something and you make a discovery but you don’t know exactly what the discovery is. In other words, the outcome is pleasing but you don’t know how you got there, or what the elements of your successful execution were. Or why, exactly, this[…]

and other love letters in oil. .