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The View from Here #5: Quieter Than Silence (Oil on canvas 36x36 inches) is my newest painting. Experiencing the pandemic has forced a...

Gardening and art always invite me to be in the present moment. Hours pass without ever knowing how long I have been working. In the...

Nightfall in St. Cloud (above) by German artist Gabriele Munter was painted in 1906. It was part of an installation French Moderns: Monet...

Before I start a painting, I explore a lot of music—pieces that have interesting rhythms, melodies and harmonies. Compositions that stir...

I was gifted a pack of micron pens at Christmas. I decided to pack them with some nice drawing paper on my trip to QuiltCon this past...

When you live with a modern quilter, it’s a given…you are going to QuiltCon—a yearly national event put on by the Modern Quilt Guild....

It’s no secret that my life took a decisive change at the beginning of 2017. I resigned from working in retail management to further...

The end of my time as Artist-in-Residence for the Civic Orchestra of Jacksonville coincides with another ending. My internship at Down to...

As the Civic Orchestra of Jacksonville season comes to a close, so does my time as Artist in Residence. The past year has given me great...

I have been going to the same hairdresser for seventeen years, just two blocks from my home. I really like Joe, and he seems to like...