Category Archives: Studio Blog

making an impression…

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

 The lovely Griffin etching press that I was able to buy years ago (with a professional development grant while teaching ) has been patiently waiting in my basement studio for me to return. This past week, I had to crank … Continue reading →

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and Reaching Out….

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

So, how is it possible to do both. Stay put and reach out.  (Always gotta love a paradox.) Well, one way this year that I have stayed put is physically. But perhaps more importantly, I’ve leaned to prioritize my time … Continue reading →

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staying put

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

On the shelf next to my drawing wall, my studio bunny keeps an eye on my progress. (and also holds spare change, since she’s a piggy bank). Getting ready for the studio tour, I’m doing more drawings, and trying to … Continue reading →

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New Work – Sprouting up

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

My strategy in this year has been to back off the unnecessary and clear my head….decide if I wanted to keep painting, decide how I would go about that, decide what really intrigued me enough to make work about it.  … Continue reading →

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another new thing I’m learning…

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

My last studio newsletter was a number of months ago- and I like to put out a couple a year. Because my list is nearing 200, and I’d rather not deal with composing in a Word document- which makes the … Continue reading →

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little geeky pleasures- images instead of icons!

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

I often have way too many things cluttering up my laptop screen- because  of wanting to have everything at my fingertips…. but!  It was getting awfully crowded around here, so I remembered that there’s a way to make the folders … Continue reading →

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isn’t that my drawing on the floor?

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

well, parts of it.  As you can see, I love to erase. Actually, I think of it more as drawing with a skinny stick of rubber.  I just bought a new little gizmo that holds these round white erasers in … Continue reading →

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pruning and editing

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

Yesterday was a winter anomaly. A day in the high 50′s with sun shining. Well, OK it’s almost March, but in these parts the snow can seriously fly this month. So, after consulting our recently made list of “stuff that … Continue reading →

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Putting it on paper

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

in the last few weeks, I’ve found my way back to drawing and am playing with various ideas about tangled-ness.   Grasses. Vines.  Sometimes it moves more toward the more complex and sometimes less is more.  But only if the “less” … Continue reading →

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Is it just me, or is it getting darker in here?

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

Now that I’m noodling around more in the studio …drawing more, aimlessly trying things…. I’ve been painting these little gems. Almost like more fully exploring small areas of former paintings. (see industrial landscapes). Lots of layering, painting under, then over. … Continue reading →

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