February 22, 2017 – Making beauty a practice

February 22, 2017 – Making beauty a practice

I did take this one picture of a daffodil that popped up in the front yard while we were away. A few days into this new year I decided I’d post a photo of something that I found beautiful on Instagram every day for the remainder of the year.  We’re not yet two months...
February 15, 2017 – Beauty will save the world

February 15, 2017 – Beauty will save the world

We watch as we rotate away from the sun – a daily event and it still gathers us and draws us to it. Sometime in the past few weeks I heard my coach Lissa say that she just read a book called “Beauty Will Save the World.”  These words – just the title of the book...
February 8, 2017 – Time to let go

February 8, 2017 – Time to let go

The painting I’m working on (bottom) and the reference image (top). Two weeks ago four of us gathered at my mom’s office at the end of the day to take Hallelujah, my really big painting, out of the frame and into a huge shipping tube.  Lissa Boles, my beloved...
February 1, 2017 – What is in a name?

February 1, 2017 – What is in a name?

“The painting I finished yesterday, which I gave what feels like the most audacious title of any so far!” “The Magnolias,” as Sue has dubbed our group of artists, are having a show at the Sausalito Presbyterian Church and in preparation, Marilee asked for...
January 24, 2017 – Holding on to Humanity

January 24, 2017 – Holding on to Humanity

“I’m swimming in pink and red paint as I work on these hydrangeas.” My commitment to show up here at my computer, open up Word and start writing every Tuesday morning has shifted the way I operate the rest of the week.  As I do the rest of my life...