Monthly Archives: April 2011

What a wondrous thing it was to paint the first few layers of the Shaman in today, a fearful thing, an awesome thing. At first I went over with the underlayer all over the sketch for even coverage, knowing that … Continue reading →

My excitement about this piece grows along with the piece, and even staying true to the photograph, I still feel like I’m being primal along with it. Whereas, with Pedernal I felt that I had to restrain myself, to remain … Continue reading →

If you remember, I did have a plan: to go up the left side, right? Well that’s the way art goes, plans schmans. Heh. I mean, I did go up the left side, but then the lower middle started bugging … Continue reading →

Here is the beginning of my work on the new piece, which I am thoroughly enjoying. It requires lots of layers, and lots of restraint, to continue to look at the photo and not just go wild with lots of … Continue reading →

Rough sketch but I have to start somewhere, right? To the right and the shaman itself is to scale but then I went kind of primal, but I think that’s to be expected, and I can pull that back with … Continue reading →

I had blood drawn today so they can study my premature red blood cells, etc. and of course we are hoping they won’t have to draw from my bone marrow, so if you will, keep those fingers crossed they got … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning we were thrilled that we were able to go to the National Gallery of Art to meet a friend for the Gauguin exhibit, only to have my migraine spike to nine on on the second level of the … Continue reading →

It’s officially time to begin our garden, and Jason is out at Whole Foods now, picking up more of their little pots of herbs — I found three of them the other day there — sage, cilantro and marjoram — … Continue reading →

Exciting news today from Galerie Myrtis:  the Emergence Exhibition will be extended through Tuesday, May 10th, in order to host a special event that night, from 6-8 PM, honoring Doreen Bolger, Executive Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Eight … Continue reading →

I decided you can’t go wrong with a touch of purple when you’re on the island. Quite cheery. Hope you can see it? In the photo, the sea goes all the way up to the top peak and blends with … Continue reading →