Slices of Beauty
When the Grandsons Visit
Three grandsons, one "no work" rule that didn't quite hold — circus trips, troll hunts, and a monster window that grew anyway.
When the Grandsons Visit
Three grandsons, one "no work" rule that didn't quite hold — circus trips, troll hunts, and a monster window that grew anyway.
Confessions of a Bee
I have a confession, and my phone's storage will back me up: I have taken somewhere north of 100,000 photographs of roses. It is a short jaunt for me to...
Confessions of a Bee
I have a confession, and my phone's storage will back me up: I have taken somewhere north of 100,000 photographs of roses. It is a short jaunt for me to...
Challenge Creates Opportunity
For eight weeks, a hand brace took away the speed I'd always painted with — and gave me back something I didn't know I'd lost. Here's what happened when I...
Challenge Creates Opportunity
For eight weeks, a hand brace took away the speed I'd always painted with — and gave me back something I didn't know I'd lost. Here's what happened when I...
800 Photos in Two Hours: What a Brace, a Phone,...
I went to Schreiner's Iris Gardens in Salem, Oregon, intending to take a few good reference shots. Two hours later, my phone held over 800 photographs, my brace was making...
800 Photos in Two Hours: What a Brace, a Phone,...
I went to Schreiner's Iris Gardens in Salem, Oregon, intending to take a few good reference shots. Two hours later, my phone held over 800 photographs, my brace was making...
I Fell Up the Stairs.
A fractured wrist mid-studio season sounds manageable — until you realize your left hand holds the palette, sharpens the pastels, and carries the canvases. Oil pastel artist Cynthia Yolland writes...
I Fell Up the Stairs.
A fractured wrist mid-studio season sounds manageable — until you realize your left hand holds the palette, sharpens the pastels, and carries the canvases. Oil pastel artist Cynthia Yolland writes...
On Making · Slow Art 🌸
I live in the Pacific Northwest, where the sun does not always cooperate. Varnishing must happen outdoors, in dry conditions, in good light. Some pieces wait weeks for the right...
On Making · Slow Art 🌸
I live in the Pacific Northwest, where the sun does not always cooperate. Varnishing must happen outdoors, in dry conditions, in good light. Some pieces wait weeks for the right...