A while back I wrote about the work of Wendy McWilliams and how to me, much of her work illustrates the glimpses of light and color that give us hope in the dark. We are now well into winter and…
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Abstract Art
A blank canvas can be a scary, intimidating thing. Many artists have some kind of end product in mind when they make that first mark. But for me, it is the ones who embrace what is happening spontaneously and…
All the world can be boiled down to the simplest shapes and forms. Our eyes tend to focus on details, yet when we really look, we can see the world as a system of circles, triangles, and rectangles. Brooklyn…
Artists, let me ask you a question. When you paint, do you find yourself mesmerized by the way the paint is moving across the canvas? Not in an I’m a painting genius kind of way, but in an omigod…
Thumbing through an old photo album. Spending an afternoon sifting through the contents of a cedar chest. These are things I took for granted before we started traveling. I’m even a bit envious of friends posting childhood photos of…
There is a school of thought that in order for something to be good, it has to be complicated. A special meal must mean slaving for hours in the kitchen, the latest tech gadget must be filled with buttons…
I’ve been reading up on the Abstract Expressionists lately and have found myself completely enraptured by the movement and the entire era. Working intuitively, many abstract artists set out without a clue as to where their composition will ultimately end up.…
Mr. Forager & I have been going back and forth about what type of meals we’ll have on Christmas Day. It’s just the two of us and while that’s never stopped us from making elaborate meals before, we’re thinking…
I have a firm belief that if you are a creative person, your artistic sensibility needs multiple outlets, it fairly oozes out of you not only in the form of art, but maybe in the way you prepare a…
I know I should be unbiased and objective. But art is subjective ya’ll and I have my faves. And this artist, dear Artsies, is one of them. If you’ve been reading the blog for awhile, you’ve seen her work…