The picture I chose of March is a sampler piece I completed during an on-line workshop with Valerie Goodwin, a quilt artist. The workshop is called Map Haiku, and the pieces are abstract representations of places, real or imagined, rendered in...
If you are an Instagram Artist, the #100 day project is familiar to you. If not, here’s the gist of it - starting this year in mid-February, if you choose to participate you choose some kind of project you will work on every day for 100 days and...
Well, I got my answer from the universe on how to work with morning pages. Just as I was beginning the Artist Way program, an artist named Catherine Rains that I follow on Instagram spoke about something called Illumine Hour. It is hosted by a...
One of the new things I started in February, mid-February to be exact, is working with an on-line community through the 12 week Artist Way program. This one is organized by Meredith Hite-Estevez who works under the Lumina Arts Foundation brand and...
Well, there weren’t any acual journeys this January, not of the road trip variety anyway, but there were lots of artistic journeys. This picture is from a weekly assignment with the ongoing Paper Pals Collage Club with Lucie Duclos and the Winslow...
Love this book structure - the Shrigley, designed by Benjamin Elbel @bookbindingoutofthebox , taught to me by Erin Fletcher of @herringbonebindery in an on-line workshop organized by @sanfranciscocenterforthebook . This version has a concertina...
Since we moved full time to our downtown Chicago condo, about 5 Christmases ago now, we have changed up our holiday decorating game. No more 6 foot tree. We still get a real one, but we usually get it from in front of the liquor store a few...
One of my personal themes for 2021 was "do it or drop it", so I was particularly mindful of Works in Progress. At the same time, I had the chance to start a lot of new things, and learn a lot of new techniques from teachers I have never had access...
November has been our digital nomad month for several years now, one of the perks of both of us being self employed, which we remind ourselves of often. We have to, because many days we remind ourselves that being self employed is the same thing...
Two great views, and another great way to keep on creating even when I'm away from home. I am beyond blessed to be able to spend November in this beautiful place, and this year the weather couldn't have been more perfect. The atmosphere is...