I have a feeling that I held on to my childhood dolls longer than most young girls. I think I may have been almost thirteen before I finally stopped playing with them, although my favorites still held a place…
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Every time I go back to the work of Portland artist Anna Magruder, I fall more in love with it. Come and see why over on Escape Into Life today! Anna Magruder on Escape Into Life…
I am craving color. It seems like spring has sprung everywhere except where we are. Don’t get me wrong, I love winter, but after almost 4 months without flowers, I am ready for blooming! So it should be no surprise…
I can sort of relate to Linus van Pelt, of Peanuts fame. I have a favorite blanket, too. It was never a security blanket of the type that is carried around and a meltdown ensues when it is forgotten,…
Hubby and I are treehuggers. Not in a holier-than-thou, I-always-recycle, never-ever-use-plastic-grocery-bags kind of way ( though there may be a little of that ), we’re more the Babe!-did-you-see-the-size-of-that-tree, doesn’t-that-tree-trunk-look-like-the-Venus-de-Willendorf, oh-I-want-to-hug-it variety. As the days get longer and the weather gets…
The creative minds of artists are an unending source of fascination for me. They way they each devise their own visual language in order to express to the world what they find most important and intriguing amazes me. Sharing…
We all know what it is like to wait. Wait to grow up. Wait in line for coffee. Wait on hold for customer service. Wait for a new life to come into the world. Sometimes it seems that life…
One of the things I loved about studying art history in college was learning the backstories and narratives behind works that seem, on the surface, simply decorative. Throughout the history of art, still lifes have been used to convey…
Special treat for your Monday! Due to Escape Into Life website maintenance, my EIL feature ran early yesterday. Head over and enjoy! Love at first sight. That’s what I felt for Jill Ricci’s work. The colors! The texture! The…
Isn’t it funny how seeing an object from our past will immediately take us back to a certain time and place? It seems that we have an innate sense of nostalgia within us, whether we relate our memories to…