A few days ago, I went over to my friend, Danuta’s, to watch a documentary on Philip Roth. She had taped it, knowing how much I like his...

IMG_3846, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. All will be a skating rink. #Rain #Weather

P1040564, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. It’s been snowing gently for about eighteen hours and it doesn’t look like it wants to stop!...

This, so far, has been the best part of the holiday season: Lila visiting Santa! Her vet had a Christmas party for the animals. We even...

P1040579, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Today is the tenth year anniversary of my blog. I started writing here ten years ago....

In my class last week, one of my students asked an interesting question: in an abstract painting, how important is it for there to be no...

IMG_3802, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. It’s been quiet on the painting front for about a week. At least, until today. I finally had...

IMG_3764, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Now that the weather has turned, I can take Lila to the golf course for a run (her run, I...

IMG_3734, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. A couple of weekends ago, I spent a cold, sunny Saturday afternoon at Hubbards Beach. My...

Daylily, July 7, 2010, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. People are still talking about it. The young kids from lower income families...

IMG_3592, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. A little over a week ago, some people contacted me to say they really liked my work,...

IMG_3718, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Every time I think I know, have an idea about what I am going to do with a particular...

This morning I woke up thinking I love my life. With the sun streaming in my big windows overlooking the lake, I had to put sunglasses on...

IMG_3636, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Once I got the okay from my eye surgeon, I hurried into my studio and, of course, overdid...

Three days past Tuesday and I still have rubber legs. Still need to cover my right eye most of the time. We have had such glorious sunny...

Tuesday I had my second eye surgery. Cataracts are gone; vision is perfect. It still amazes me how much I didn’t see before. It’s a...

It was a very full weekend. Studio rally time, again. And the weather was perfect. I had an almost continuous studio full of people...

Wednesday, we started talking about what it means to go to far–in a painting. My answer was: often it is when you haven’t gone far...

Rosamund Street viaduct as seen in 2002 opening credits of Coronation Street (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For years I have been a more or...

Somehow, we started talking about abstraction yesterday. Well, not unreasonable, as it is an abstract painting class. One student, Beth,...