October ended up scurrying away from me this year.  And here we are in November with turkeys on the horizon.  We'll see if I can make two posts this month!I was in the final show o… Read More

It's the day to launch my newest peace globe.  Many bloggers around the world are all focusing on peace in their blogs today and I am no exception. If you'd like to join our effort… Read More

 I'm lucky enough to have work in two different galleries for September.  I will be posting about the Quebec City trip and their terrific art museum later this week.  But here… Read More

 To my twisted mind, that almost sounds like a covid joke.  Because the virus is everywhere and people are thinking that its over.  Even as a new variant causes the President… Read More

Up here in Maine, summer really doesn't get started in my book until it reaches into the 70s for at least a week and here we are folks!  This has been a difficult year for me health-wis… Read More

On the 9th of May, I thought I was suffering from a horrid GERD attack, but several hours and diagnostics later, I find out it was a heart attack and I'm having Mr. Toad's Wild Ride from Roc… Read More

Well it is May, but up here in Rockport, Maine, we're barely in the flower stage of our late blooming spring.  Still a bit too chilly for a picnic by the ocean, but I'm betting it's won… Read More

 A huge thanks to all the folks that purchased a limited edition print of Flowers for Ukraine.  A big shout out to my cuz Caren in Illinois who sent some extra money in the 2nd rou… Read More

Studio will be shutting down next week so the guys can come and help me move from the temp studio I've had down in the basement of our house, to the remodeled space above the garage.  H… Read More

if you haven't been following along on FB, i fractured my arm the night of jk's birthday in boston.  i still can't use my left hand so, i'm picking this out on the keyboard and capitali… Read More

When I stumbled upon this article, my immediate thought was that it was coming from Nick Cave, the visual artist, not Nick Cave the musician.  But as I read it, I realized that Cave, th… Read More

I'm still working out how to work in my little basement studio space and while I'm working on a couple of small paintings, I've been doing mostly digital work.  Here's the latest...LA H… Read More

We all should be supporting local businesses, as that's the way to build sustainability for all communities.  But it's especially important to support local artists in your communities… Read More

Literally.  Over two weeks ago, I lost a dear friend who I had known since my radio news days in Gilroy CA.  This photo is from when Kate came to visit in 2012 and we went to… Read More

I hope we get one more week of warm weather before fall begins.  There's a little state park out here I want to visit that has a beach. But I will be a traveling woman once again when I… Read More

Just about the whole house has been unpacked (except for the I don't know what do to with this item that used to have a place in our old place, etc... we'll just call it the Mystery Room)&nb&hell…Read More

The only thing I've got set up in the studio is my computer, printer and desk.  This is primarily b/c we didn't get enough stuff unpacked before the studio moved (a separate event) and… Read More

Remember that theme song from the TV series The Jeffersons?  Now it's an ear worm, right?  I'll be humming it as we pack to move from the condo up the coast to Rockport.  Mayb… Read More

First off the bat - happiest of birthdays to my stellar little sister - Jude - you are the best!  Here we are in May, the kickoff to the non-winter season in Maine!  Actually April… Read More

The international art project - Telephone - is now live!  Here's a link to this on-line exhibit featuring over 900 artists around the globe, including your truly just outside Portland M… Read More

 Literary references aside,  for us here in Maine, yes, it is.  Cruel because it should be warmer and we should be able to plant flowers and veg - but - Maine.  This part… Read More

 Yeah, I know, lazy ass title for this blog post, but I'm a tired old dog this Friday... for a number of reasons I won't bore you with.  But one of the things I was thinking of doi… Read More

 I'm a big fan of the German artist Joseph Beuys, who used small installations as a way to speak about how we need to wake up to environmental issues.  He has been a hero to me in… Read More

Unusual for me to post one week after the first post of the month, but what the heck, I'm happy that I got to see my friend Kifah Abdullah in  his studio as I was shooting a photograph… Read More

 Nothing like having a fresh year ahead of us to see how screwy it can get!  OK, feeling a little cynical after almost a year of mostly staying away from things I love - galleries… Read More

So many of you reading this blog know that before I started to focus on visual art, I used to work in radio as a journalist and before that in theatre and after 10 years of doing morning dri… Read More

Yes... come see the wonderful things local artists have crafted for you and yours.  I'll be gallery sitting on Friday from 1 to 4 pm... Hope to see you there! And if you can't make it o… Read More

From Home in Bunny Slippers: Creations from a Community in the Weirdest Year Ever is the title of a book which  has one of my covid photographs in it.  It's published by the Chocol… Read More

I don't know about you but October somehow got away from me.  I've been unexpectedly busy with pro bono projects but also got to do two photo shoots with two wonderful actors - Rene "Go… Read More

The Official Blogging for Peace Day, was yesterday, November 4th, but seriously we need a month of blogging for peace in my estimation.  Because of getting flu shot and getting the fl… Read More

 It was making mail art that got me out of my creative doldrums this spring when we all got locked down in March.  I discovered the wacky fun of making something and sending it awa… Read More

 Not only in that I got to  have a fresh watermelon margarita but in making some digital art based on photographs I took of some hand based work and mixing it up with some old phot… Read More

Yellow Flowers of Summer will soon be on it's way to a wonderful patron who is collecting my work and lives out in Oregon.  This is a limited edition photo print and she's got the first… Read More

While most of the world has slowed down, the digital world is with us, going at top speed it seems as I awaken from an anxious torpor.  A wonderful artist friend was curating an on-line… Read More

It's not often that I rue the day I have to ship work off to a client, but this week was one of those times for me.  I had been contacted by the Copelouzos Family Museum in Athens, Gree… Read More

Yeah, I know, not the most creative title in the world, but waddya want during a pandemic when the writer's brains keep getting fried - and no, not in the fun way either!  I've been spl… Read More

So, who's sick to death of Zoom meetings, raise your hand.  Although I'm grateful for the technology we have to stay connected, I wish the plague would disappear from the land, as does… Read More

I kind of kick myself for not writing a blog post earlier.  But right after we self-isolated, the state order came down and is in place until mid-May.  JK & I are doing very w… Read More

So glad we got a chance to visit the Gibbes Museum in Charleston SC.  Not only to meet the resident artist there, Ms. Andrea Hazel, but I discovered some Southern artists I had not kno… Read More

Only time will tell as much of the country shuts down to stop the spread of the Corona Virus.  But we had already paid for our rental house here in Folly Beach and months ago arranged… Read More

A couple of months ago, a Facebook friend invited me to create a work for a Stations of the Cross show at an Episcopalian Church in Arlington, VA.   First thing I thought of was m… Read More

I'm seeking clean, colorful plastic for a project that Maine artist Kim Bernard is doing.  This marvelous artist, who I first learned encaustics from, got her grants to make portabl… Read More

So, what is a Twitter Art Exhibit (TAE), you ponder?  Back in 2010, David Sandum, an American artist living with his family in Norway wanted to help his town of Moss buy books for chil… Read More

That's what I'm aiming for in 2020... half a joke and half seriousness.  Another artist friend of mine says she doesn't make resolutions anymore in the new year, but finds a word that… Read More

Hope you have the loveliest holidays full of laughter and joy.  Me?  I'll be working on cleaning the studio over the holidays and finally getting my art work organized into a prog… Read More

That's right, you can take a selfie with the UMVA Gallery Dada Art Santa and half the money goes to the nonprofit gallery and the other half goes to ILAP - the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Proj… Read More

 A couple of weeks ago, JK & I threw the dogs in the van and drove down to Boston to see Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Room Installation with my buddy Jonathan and his girlfriend Melissa… Read More

It's the Peace Blogging time of year, thanks to the efforts of Mimi Lenox and the rest of the bloggers out there who are joining in the blogging for Peace movement.  I'm using one of… Read More

It's amazing how different work looks in different spaces...  the Waxing Ann(e) Show is pared down, but looks terrific at the Chestnut St. Lofts after just finishing hanging it.&nbs… Read More

Pretty much what this past weekend was all about.  My sister and her partner came out to visit us when they came up to see his family in Tyngsborough and New Hampshire... and most like… Read More

If you missed the Opening of our show at the UMVA Gallery at Portland Media Center, come see us first Friday in November at the Chestnut St. Lofts Gallery.  The show will be smaller… Read More

While it's certainly a bad thing to steal someone's words and use them as your own, there seems to be a different space around images.  While we don't want to culturally appropriate wh… Read More

  It's Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party that is at the Women's Art Museum in DC until January of 2020.  I don't think I'll be able to get down there to se… Read More

For those of you not on the "FeckBook" to quote an FB buddy, here's the next show up for Open Concepts Gallery which is the little gallery space we have here at the shared studios.  An… Read More

My agents at Dirigo Talent are just the best.  They got me a gig playing Linda, the old hippy produce lady who helps a young man buy the makings of a Santa Fe Chicken Salad.  It's… Read More

You can come up and see me at the East Bayside Block Party, August 10th!  My Open Concepts Gallery and Studios mate, Dave, The Neon Guy, will take the morning shift (10 am to 1 pm)… Read More

If you haven't there's still time!  Thanks to everyone who came to the artist's reception on July 5th.  If you missed it, don't worry as the exhibit is up and available for you to… Read More

That's right, I'm showing work at a marijuana dispensary!  Why not?  Just because someone uses medical marijuana doesn't mean they don't like art!  Many people use marijuan… Read More

Although Maine is the more north-eastern state, it really had an impact on the Civil War.  You can look at the Wiki article here or take a trip out to Casco Bay and see Fort Gorges… Read More

I work with a group of art consultants called Indie Walls.  They allow artists to pitch art for upcoming remodels of hotels, offices and homes.  Generally the client will have some… Read More

Maybe b/c I live in Maine, I love New York in the spring as they are generally about 2-4 weeks ahead of us in terms of flora.  Should have posted these photos of the Hilma afKlint at th… Read More

It's happened to all of us I'm sure.  When one fruit drops from the tree, others are ripe enough to follow.  Not only will I have a photo in the Professional Women Photographers "A… Read More

I must admit that I was very disappointed that my work wasn't accepted into the #CreativePortland group show that is up at their gallery on Free Street.  But then I got an email saying… Read More

Got an email from the international encaustic association to which I belong saying:"I would like to reach out to you again with regards to the email scam that was sent to the membership fr… Read More

This is the completed postcard (4 x 6") mixed media painting that is winging it's way to Edinburgh, Scotland for the Twitter Art Exhibit 2019.  I've been making work for this annual… Read More

Is it almost spring where you are?  If so, you're lucky because we still have snow piles here in Portland Maine.  Although it was nice to get the schnauzers into the van and head s… Read More

Here in the studio, we're just about ready to set up the encaustic hot boxes and work on some new pieces for the upcoming 3-person show at the UMVA Gallery next to MECA.  Impositi… Read More

Hope y'all had terrific holidays with much love and joy.  This was the first Christmas in our new condo so we kept it small and local this year.  We invited our friend Nora for bot… Read More

Very cool article about the Union of Maine Visual Artists (#UMVA) show curated by Janice L. Moore - Some Reliable Truths About Chairs in the Press Herald or the local fish wrap s we used to… Read More

Yes, that's me with my assemblage/sculpture piece for the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA) "A Few Reliable Truths About Chairs".  My friend and neighbor, Dr. Chris Brigham, who i… Read More

Is the name of the October show at the Union of Maine Visual Artists (#UMVA) gallery at the Portland Media Center and yours truly is part of it ... with my "Homage to Ionesco" Thanks to Ja… Read More

Woodland Park is a small town about a half hour west of Colorado Springs on Hwy 24.  There is a beautiful campground where my nephew Tristan (my brother's youngest - he's the only one t… Read More

I had never been to the contemporary art museum in Denver until this past August when we flew in and out of Denver to attend my nephew's wedding outside of Colorado Springs (you'll see those… Read More

Well, it's been quite a ride for me over these past six months since I've last posted.  So JK and I realized last summer that our house in Deering Center in Portland was just too big fo… Read More

A couple of weeks ago I went down to the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton to see the #NEWAX show there... here are some of my favorite pieces in the show. I do have to tell you that #Otty… Read More

September seemed to fly by after we got back from Halifax.  It was a fun trip but it was back to business when we jetted home.  Because I could not vent encaustic wax fumes from my… Read More

  We took a quick birthday trip to Halifax in August.  Neither of us had ever been there before and a new airline was offering some bargain rates and when JK asked me if I wa… Read More

Doing multi-media installation is a lot of work and since it can't be "sold" like a painting or a photograph, it means you have to eat the costs involved or get it funded by a grant or found… Read More

Dreaming seems to be the poetics of thinking to my mind.  I'm creating an installation using objects, video and fabric here at Running with Scissors (RWS), the home base of my studio. … Read More

Not unhappy it's come and gone as it was mostly rainy and cold as memory serves.  But we did have the highlight of my sister coming to visit with her partner Steve for a couple of days… Read More

No?  I'm not either, BUT one of my digital collages will be there as part of a group show via #BostonBiennialIV.  I'm so jazzed as this is the 2nd time I've been included in the… Read More

March is just about over, and the news from DC is so dismal I had to do the first in a series of encaustic paintings and my largest one ever!  and this bad boy is already framed out t… Read More

So while this terrible #CircusOfHate is being driven by #Scrotus, I've been trying to channel all the love I can muster and I've been doing more mixed media painting!  Yes, actual paint… Read More

If you're even a little like me, you've been depressed since the election in November.  That depression seeped into the holiday season making it not quite as jolly as it could have been… Read More

When I was in Chicago this past summer, I had the pleasure of going to the Kerry James Marshall retrospective at the Chicago Contemporary Museum.  It was a great show and I got an educa… Read More

Finally finding the time to talk to you about a fascinating show I saw in Berlin at the aforementioned museum.  One of the exhibits there was called Dada Africa: Dialogue with the Other… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More

Louise Bourgeois has to be one of my favorite artists, not just "women artists".   She was remarkable in that she worked in many media including sculpture for which she is probably… Read More