We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. Lucretius At this time of year, angels are everywhere. Both in ornamentation and figuratively. Hope you’ll be an angel to…
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In our modern and sleek world, we find fascination in old things and places. These are objects with a story, subway walls wallpapered with layer upon layer upon layer of poster ads or the stratum of paints on a…
I am busy spreading holiday cheer today ( OK, actually running around like crazy trying to get stuff done ), which is kind of fitting for the work of today’s featured artist. Sarah Spitler’s abstracts come from the artist’s…
I LOVE this time of year. It’s a few weeks out of our lives that we take the time to beautify our surroundings, making sure everything sparkles with a holiday glow. We all become artists, creating vignettes of tinsel…
I’ve been so busy painting this morning ( Yes, you read that right! I may or may not share the finished work with you. Depends on how I feel about them.. ), that I almost forgot to let you…
It’s no secret that here in the Pacific Northwest, we love our coffee. Caffiing up is taken very seriously around these parts. Our coffee house experiences are not limited to the ubiquitous Starbucks. The most wonderful, interesting coffee joints are…
Today’s Artsy Forager post on Escape Into Life features one of my favorite artists, Steve Williams. Check out his feature and peruse around the EIL site, lots of fabulous goodies to be had! Steve Williams on Escape Into Life…
It seems to be human nature to look for meaning in everything. We agonize over the meaning of baby names before choosing monikers for our offspring, we overanalyze other people’s words to find out what they really meant, we…
Camisoles and combat boots.. cayenne and chocolate.. some things just don’t seem like they would go together. Take, for example, the work of Mary Chomenko Hinckley. This is an artist who enjoys finding the harmony in the disparate. Like…
This year, autumn has been a completely new experience for me. Having never experienced a full autumn outside of my home in northeast Florida ( short trips north don’t really count ), one of the things I was most…