For my next natural dye/ink experiment I decided to see what happens with dandelions. When I picked them there was a really beautiful yellow stain on my fingers, so I hoped that that would be the color I got after the steep. I steeped the flowers for 10 hrs by pouring boiling water on them and putting the lid on. The tea came out more … Continue reading Dandelions
8 weeks into self quarantine upstate and I just had to get out and go visit my mother in Pa. for Mother’s Day. Armed with a mask and a spray bottle of sanitizer, I was ready for a week of family from a social distance. The best part of my days were the walks I took with both my sisters who live in area. We … Continue reading Spring in Pa.
Last week my sister Carol who lives in Reading, Pa. posted pictures of some jelly and simple syrup she had made from violets she had foraged. I was intrigued by the idea of making the jelly so I asked her for the recipe. Although we are a few weeks behind PA in the season I knew we would soon have a lot of violets in … Continue reading Violets and the beginning of an artistic journey into natural color.
Yesterday I went to a seminar held at The Surrogate Courthouse in downtown NYC. I have never been in this particular building, I arrived like most ny’ers rushing in and having to put my heavy coat, bags and cellphone in the bins to go through security. I rushed to the elevator and went to the second floor to get to the meeting. It was a … Continue reading Secret treasures behind the revolving door.
As a person who has had to hang art in many different types of spaces with walls of different colors and materials, the worst of which was a pink marble wall and a very strange deep orange marbke floor in the lobby of a very old building in Manhattan, it is nice to see an article devoted to the subject. The blues are intriguing, the … Continue reading Great Article looking at Art on Color
We are really lucky to have The Clark, a gem of a museum, nestled up here in Williamstown, MA and not so far from my home. It’s never to crowded and I can spend time viewing some wonderful art that always inspires me no matter how many times I see them. Here are a few: Continue reading A Winter visit to The Clark
These are mostly pieces that I held onto because they “Sparked Joy” ©Marie Kondo. Now I hope to spark joy in somebody else’s life. Continue reading Spark Joy Sale
I live with a very talented Chef and in our years together I have learned that cooking to him is as much of a creative process as painting is to me. Chef Dan Spitz has been feeding me glorious food for over a decade. These are some photos of what he has treated me to in 2018. Yes, you can be jealous. Continue reading Food Glorious Food
Today I had a mission to go see the “Obsession: Nudes by Klimt, Scheile,and Picasso” at the Met Breuer. It’s up till October 8th. Going to the Breuer in the morning midweek is always a great way to see an exhibition like this. There weren’t many people there so I could take my time and get up-close to all these lovely works on paper. If … Continue reading A few hours at the Met Breuer
One day last fall I went to go visit Hannie and we were talking about her photographs of the laundry lines in Naples Italy. The conversation turned to a very excited discussion about how much we both really love laundry on the line, the smell of laundry after a day outside and laundry lines with all white sheets blowing in the wind. A collaboration was … Continue reading The Laundry Project .2
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