The opening reception at the Jo Beale Gallery last Sunday was very good. Usually I don’t like my work to be hung salon style, one on top...

IMG_3354, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Yesterday Jo came by at 6:30 am to pick out the work for the exhibit at her gallery, opening...

IMG_3351, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. The days are very big now. It surprises me, always, how much time painting takes from my...

My exhibition at the Jo Beale Gallery opens next Sunday.  I’m calling it An Element of Unreasonability. Unreasonability is not really a...

Yesterday was the first day of summer here. Yesterday my dock went into the water. Today I go in. I was tempted to sleep there last...

“It Won’t Answer When I Ask Its Name, no. 3, 60″ x 60”, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. As might be expected, a few people who know my...

P1040353, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Often, usually, after I post I think of lots I left out. So here are a few thoughts about my...

The second evening of the program, Alan had us go into the woods and find some sticks to make a memorial to an ancestor we each wanted to...

P1040368, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Maybe the hardest part of coming home is being home. After so much activity, it is quiet...

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...

Ashburn Golf Course, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. For the first time ever, I made a comment on an on-line group thread. Someone had...

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...

To many people (who don’t paint), being an “artist” seems very romantic. Forgetting the struggles of getting the painting right, getting...

At the Carleton, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn.

James Hill & Anne Janelle, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I went to see/hear James Hill on the ukelele and Anne Janelle on the cello...

Ashburn Golf Course in April, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Despite the snow and cold Friday night (after all, this is only April in...

Nancy M. Williams, an award-winning writer and ardent amateur pianist, is the founding editor of the online magazine, Grand Piano...

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