hellstrip = community
If you pass by greenwater on any given day and observed the parkway space along Main Street, you might feel sorry for me. You might think that those weeds, stones […]
lemonade
I’ve just posted my Monday and Tuesday offerings for the month of January and I find myself excited for the continued practice and intentional camaraderie of these evenings. I’d never […]
so the learning sticks
We worked in washes this week, with trees as our subject matter. We are learning about watercolor and gouache on Mondays, ink and watercolor on Tuesdays. We are warming up, […]
mixing, blending and escaping
This past November was a tough one for me and many others. But on Monday and Tuesday evenings, I was able to escape into a session of mixing color or […]
the sun in our eyes
The greenwater cohort has been taking advantage of a string of lovely Tuesdays to sit outside with some distance between us. We have been learning to use some of the […]
the bosser and the teller
My friend, Hazel, came to help me create a sidewalk mandala in front of greenwater. We kept our distance by working opposite each other in a kind of dance around […]
the women who brought me here
I am in the midst of a project that is part of my ongoing study of the women in my family. I’ve been doing this work for several years now […]
arts learning for the rest of us
Here’s the thing about us as adults and parents: We have no problem prioritizing arts learning for children and young people, but we rarely make time for those expressions for […]
then came the hush
From our first open studio saturday: It nearly always happens and it is a wonderful sound. It is that ‘hush’ when everyone in the studio is working at their task, […]
back for a visit
He happened to be in town visiting friends, so he stopped in to show me what he’d been doing since he saw me last. (This kind of thing is a […]
