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May 6, 2019
1 min

Quirks

This morning I realized why Romeo is so intent on taking his stuffed animals outside, one after the other, especially after he has been...

Mar 14, 2019
1 min

The pleasure/pain principle (in art)

Etel Adnan, “Untitled” (2014), Oil on canvas, 10 ½ x 13 ¾ inches (27 x 35 cm) (© Etel Adnan, Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.) Recently I...

Mar 7, 2019
2 min

The honey pot

“It’s Not What You Think, no. 3″; oil & collage on canvas; 60″ x 84” At the end of a week workshop I taught in Mahone Bay last September,...

Mar 2, 2019
1 min

After the exhibition

Totally exhausted is all I can say. Came home from Ottawa eager to get back to work. After a day home, one morning in my studio, and I...

Feb 4, 2019
2 min

Confessions of a grammar nerd

I’ve always been fascinated by language, specifically words, and more specifically proper use of words. Give me a book, or any piece of...

Jan 21, 2019
1 min

Memories of a rock concert

When I was nine months pregnant with my second child, living in Manhattan, just before Christmas in 1967, I went to a concert by a...

Nov 7, 2018
1 min

Let’s Talk (about what)

Let’s Talk, no. 2; oil & collage on canvas; 36″ x 112″ For weeks I’ve been trying to figure out what I am doing, want to do, with my...

Oct 27, 2018
2 min

How to spell Trouble

Let’s Talk, no. 1; 36″ x 112″; oil & collage on canvas Lately I’ve been scaring myself when I am painting. This has happened periodically...

Oct 2, 2018
1 min

Aftermath

Sometimes, Someone, Something, Somewhere, No 4. Curious about how my exhibit at the Secord was received, I asked Phil, the owner, about...

Sep 4, 2018
2 min

Show time: Big weekend ahead

On Friday evening, I will be exhibiting new work at the Secord Gallery in Halifax. Opening reception 7 – 9 pm; the title of the show is...

Aug 6, 2018
2 min

Hunting for the muse

Recently a friend asked me what is my muse. At first I didn’t know what to say. I did say that I just always wanted to do something like...

Jul 31, 2018
1 min

We did it!

I had an amazing, joyful experience at the dentist this morning. Yes, the dentist! I had a severe toothache last week, the kind where...

Jul 26, 2018
1 min

Now you see me, now you don’t

For whom do we create? How important is accessibility? My friend, Nanci Lee, a poet, recently submitted her work for publication. She was...

Jul 9, 2018
1 min

Open Studio

Peggy’s Cove Area Festival of the Arts. For one thing, I am grateful to have a good reason to clean up my studio! But mostly it is so...

May 30, 2018
1 min

Cutting it short, or not

Romeo likes to make up games for himself. Lately he has been pushing his ball over the edge of the dock into the lake. Then he tries to...

May 20, 2018
2 min

Seven years of change

At the Harrington Brown Gallery in Memphis, TN, March 2011 Seven years ago, in 2011, I had an exhibition at the Harrington Brown Gallery...

Apr 7, 2018
2 min

Rembrandt and me

I am an abstract painter. Right from the first day, abstraction spoke my language. I never wanted to paint otherwise. For me, it talks to...

Mar 25, 2018
1 min

Next, again and again and again

Actually, I do not agree with Michelangelo when he said: “No great work of art is ever finished.” I titled my exhibit at the Orange...

Mar 11, 2018
1 min

Tale of the dog

When I went to pick Romeo up from where he stayed while I was away, I was greeted with: “Oh, hi Mom. Nice to see you. But I love Bob!”...

Mar 5, 2018
3 min

Hamilton and me

After eight packed days in Ottawa, I came here to NYC for some rest and entertainment. Last night I went to see a Broadway play:...

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