Back home after four exhilarating, exhausting and productive days as one of three teachers at the Direct Perception Workshop in...

IMG_3331, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Over the past few weeks, I’ve written lots of brilliant blog entries. In my head, that is....

Usually I’m not much for working sitting down, especially when I have some big paintings on the go. But for the past few days, it has...

It’s been a marathon of painting for weeks recently. Now I can relax a little (for a day or so). Finally, yesterday, I had photos taken...

English: Gestalt psychology – perception Magyar: Gestalt-pszichológia alapelvei (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you are in the area...

The ice breaking up on the lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. All I see is paint. Big slashes of paint. In all the colors I’ve been...

This week I decided to give my students a new twist on making an abstract painting. First, I had them write their name on paper in paint....

Full moon over the lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Did you ever try to brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand? Try it!...

P1040252, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. A little bit ago, a friend suggested I start teaching in my house. I had been looking around...

So, my driveway has been plowed four times since I’ve been back from NYC. Three times in three days, in fact. It’s been cold, very cold,...

Thinking about thinking back on the year that was and thinking ahead to the year to be, I received an email this morning from someone who...

Foggy morning on Five Island Lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. This morning, while painting, I kept asking myself: who am I...

Rainbow over Five Island Lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. A few weeks ago, I had some friends visiting, staying overnight. We...

Secord Gallery Nov 2012 detail, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. After two weeks of purposely keeping myself out of my studio I began...

There has been a lot of talk on the radio the last couple of days about, basically, the importance of stupidity. Stupid meaning, in this...

Last Saturday morning I woke up thinking I wouldn’t paint, or even go into my studio, for at least a week. My arm is sore from the...

Secord Gallery Nov 2012, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Usually, of course, my paintings look very different outside my studio, when...