When Your Child is Smarter than You and a Real Cool Cat or How to Design the World’s Best New Website
Coming from a family littered with self-taught artists on…
Every Picture Tells a Story Don’t It?
Once upon a time there was a vivacious young girl who dreamed…
Home Sweet…Contact Station?
As of this week I have served as artist in residence at eight…
To Paint a Desert: The Long and Winding Road to Petrified Forest National Park
As Rod Stewart, one of my brother's favorite musicians would…
Dear Goldilocks, About that Bear Thing…
Bears have been on my mind for the past couple of years, which…
You Don’t Always Get What you Want, but if You Try Sometime, you Just might get what you need Part 2
Genealogically speaking, I am a Heinz 57 with Swiss, German,…
Ohio’s Sacred Earth or You Don’t Always Get What You Want but if You Try Sometime You Just Might Get What You Need, Part 1..
It's no secret that I love the art of travel and I have figured…
Poinsett Ponderings: An Artist’s Life in The High Hills of The Santee Or There’s Snakes Up There
I was both honored and blessed to have served as Artist in Residence…
Cape Romain or Cape Fear?
As a textile artist I take a lot of photographs for…
2014 The Year of the Snake
Contrary to the Chinese Zodiac, for me, 2014 was more like the…
Mad as Hell
I admit it. I watched way too much TV as a kid. Back in the fifties,…
NPS Artist Residencies, No Walk in the Park
Nope, they are oh, so much more...life changing in fact. While…
Hey, I Can’t Sleep Out Here – Creative Insomnia
I have not had a good night's rest in two weeks. Having room…
The Selfie: Unabashed Absorption or Self-Reflection?
Both. Put a smart phone and a Facebook account into the hands…
My Mom was the First Art Quilter…Ever
Here in Nebraska, you can't spit without hitting a quilt, or…
Pistol Packin’ Mama
I've only ever shot a gun one time. Being three years older…