I am so excited to have been chosen as one of 9 artists exhibiting in the 29th Anniversary celebration for Jerry’s Artarama of West Hartford! The opening reception is Saturday, May 9, form 6-9pm at the Artspace gallery in Hartford! http://calendar.letsgoarts.org/event/the-your-art-supplies-exhibition/ Related Images:
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Remembering Christmas trees past
“Ghosts” is a rather melancholy name for a colored pencil piece that truly evokes more joy in my heart than sorrow. These Christmas ornaments all hung on our trees since before I was born and their fragile glass shells are whisper thin. I remember huge real trees spreading their branches in our small living room – […]
Drawing Outside the Art Box
This colored pencil drawing, “Pieces of Us” came from a printing accident – I had opened the door of my dining hutch, looking for things to use for a new still life. I liked the way the crystal and glassware receeded into the mirrored back of the hutch and took a quick snapshot. When I went […]
The Power of Love in Art
When I began to create my still life I sent the first photo of the finished piece to my parents. My mom thought it was a “nice photo” and my dad explained, “no, Doris, it’s a photo of a drawing.” He carried the photos I sent them around in a little booklet and would show them […]
American Artist Colored Pencil Article changed my life…
It’s sometimes those little things that make such an impact. Sure, you can read an article and be moved by its content, but, does it have a life-altering effect? In 2000, I decided to leave my job as an illustrator (for a while) when I learned I was expecting our 3rd child. At that time […]
Cherries from JFK school demo!
At the end of January I spent 2 delightful mornings chatting about art with the 5th grade students at John F. Kennedy school in Windsor, CT. I showed them some of my illustrations and fine art then did a quick demonstration on blocking in color using pastel chalks on a flip chart. These work best […]