Affair of the Arts

November 30, 2016

Getting ready for your first art fair can seem overwhelming. Whenever there’s a huge task to accomplish, it always helps …

Variations on a vine…

November 12, 2016

Over the years, I’ve sketched my neighbor’s porcelain vine several times. This year it had even more beautiful berries than …

March 16, 2016

Doing a series is one way of practicing a concept and working out design issues. I had already done one …

March 7, 2016

Deadlines are good for me. They seem to focus my wandering attention and to force me to solve problems that …

January 29, 2016

If you want some reminders of the beauty of spring, there’s one more week to see the exhibit that Peggy …

January 12, 2016

This past summer I was fortunate enough to find several different types of caterpillars and these two instantly made me …

January 7, 2016

I’m excited to be traveling down to Peoria this Saturday to attend an artists’ reception with Peggy West as we …

December 14, 2015

After sketching old Chinese jade cicadas at the Field Museum last week (see previous post), I was inspired to sculpt …