When we’re out hiking, I can’t help but run my hand along the surface of a tree, touch the softness of a patch of moss, gently dip my hand into cold, clear water. No matter where we are exploring,…
Abstract Art
Boundaries are healthy. That’s what we’re told. But when do we cross the line over into compartmentalization? As artists and in turn, as people, every experience we have informs another. Lines and lives blur and maybe we worry that…
One of the joys of having worked in the fine art industry for a good long while has been the pleasure of watching the evolution of so many artists. I absolutely love looking back on an artist’s older work…
When Mr. F and I first arrived here in the Bay Area, we were without WiFi at home for a few days. We never realize how very reliant we are on technology until we are forced to be without…
We each have a unique way of interacting with the world around us. Whether through the way we approach each day, our manner of address or dress, or how we set a table, we all have our own brand…
In just 48 hours, Mr. F and I will exchange one temporal locale for another. We’ll drive a few hours down the Coast to spend the next three months in Marin County, just north of San Francisco. Each one…
I have a bit of a tendency to get caught up in details. I’m detail oriented, which can be a big plus in some ways, but it does tend to make me a bit of a can’t-see-the-forest-for-the-trees- type sometimes.…
Although most of us aren’t required to wear them, many of us hide behind them. I’m talking about veils. They are often present even when we aren’t aware of them. We use our veils to hide our authentic selves–…
We live in a world in which everyone seems to be competing for attention. So many are shouting look at me, look at me! And it is often the shouters that get the attention, because well, our attention is…
If you’ve ever worked in or hung a gallery, you might be familiar with the way paintings “talk” to each other. When hung in the same or adjacent space, works of art interact with one another, echoing or contradicting…