the forest floor
In the summer of 2022, I began a community mural project with Woodland Centers, a mental health facility based in Willmar, MN. They wanted to animate a retaining wall and […]
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five huge fish
A while back, when I was hanging with my idols (previous blog post), Mary Wohnoutka and Sandy Saulsbury, this is what we thought up: A huge fish mural on a […]
hanging with my idols
I am lucky because on any given day I could run into one of these gals at an event, a meeting or walking down the street. They are Mary and […]
it’s granular
We are back at our weekly practice after a refreshing holiday break, and I tell ya — it feels great! I have a new attitude, more energy and some clever […]
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 […]
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 […]
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