Relief & Intaglio Printmaking
I like to believe that Perfectionism is an inherited genetic trait. This fantasy allows me to deflect personal responsibility and blame it on the long line of Perfectionists that came before me. My parents were afflicted in different ways, but one of the sayings my father uttered while working on almost any project, from washing …
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Follow the Child - Maria Montessori Educator Maria Montessori (of Montessori School fame) exhorted her instructors and students' parents to study their young charges for clues to best help them develop appropriately on their journey through life. It's good advice. Often, as conscientious parents, we feel strongly about a lack or a richness we experienced …
I was just about to give a lovely, little update on the super-carving-intensive, 9-color, single-plate, reduction linocut I had been working on for its debut at my first ever Sierra Art Trails in early October, when a series of unhappy, fire-related delays began. We've been evacuated or pre-evacuated 3 times in the last month, with …
It hasn't been all ladybugs and butterflies, but there have been quite a few. Life is definitely different up here and at first I felt a little adrift, a bit lost. After almost 10 months, I think I am finally finding a rhythm that feels right. Most days begin with a 'morning walk', which mainly …
Yes. Yes, we did. Normally, I am a very methodical & tidy person who thrives in spaces with order and symmetry. Lots of clear desk space, paper arranged by color & thickness in nice neat stacks, storage baskets in orderly rows... Somehow, it all makes me feel more centered and creative, almost giddy with happiness. …
Painful. Exhausting. Never Again. Thank. God. It's. Over. I had imagined that I was doing my daughter a favor by waiting until just after her high school graduation to sell her childhood home. The home I spent 4 months drawing up the plans for. The one my father, husband and sister built in 55 weeks …
Almost two months ago, I decided to jump on an intriguing print exchange put together by the wildly successful Sketchbook Project folks. I am one of 500 artists creating a 12-print edition using hand-made methods of printmaking; The theme is The Drive Home. In February, I thought, "That seems like a blast!" What I hadn't …
