Disintegrating King Pointing a Hairy Finger

Posted on April 26, 2009 - Filed Under 2009 Workshops | 1 Comment

To continue the saga of teaching in Estes Park, I will give some visuals.
This is the tree outside my window. Laden. That is the only word for it.
The snow made the trees into characters, like clouds do. This one looks like a disintegrating king, pointing a hairy finger. I drew him in my journal.

I had [...]

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The Realm of the Ice Princess

Posted on April 21, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments

This weekend I taught the Mapping class up in Estes Park. A HUGE snow came through on Friday: it was quite a weekend. I drove through every weather condition available in a mountain area, and got to a cabin that was buried. The snow plow, in its attempt to dig out my cabin, also got [...]

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Rock and Roll with Art & Soul

Posted on April 16, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Come on down to Hampton, Virginia to Art & Soul. There is still time to sign up for lots of classes, including mine! My classes are Sumptuous Sumi and Other Stories, and Five Books in One Day. Why should you take my classes, you ask? Well, I will teach you about color, paper, layers, sumi [...]

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My Flash Point

Posted on April 13, 2009 - Filed Under About me | 6 Comments

After Artfest I went into Seattle with my brother Andrew and his girlfriend Susan. We had a lovely lunch overlooking the sea in Port Townsend, then crossed on the Bainbridge Ferry towards a stunning, sparkling Seattle. What a vision that was! Andrew and I had a couple of wonderful days, including a jaunt to Pike [...]

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Scenic Fort Worden

Posted on April 9, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 10 Comments

Alas, in spite of the fact the place is surrounded by Sea Monsters, it was beautiful. Maybe the threat added a bit of excitement, firing all the senses. I think so, I felt a bit of pizazz in the air.
Enjoy the show. I sure did.

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Artfest Projects

Posted on April 9, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

I worked my hind-end off. Really I did. Got up as the sun was coming up, and leapt right in. Walk on the beach, back to the art.
Here is my first project, before I hooked it all together. It was “Symbols Shaping Space” with Katie Kendrick.
My Friday class was chosen by the girl who lives [...]

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Artfest Journal

Posted on April 9, 2009 - Filed Under What I am up to | 4 Comments

I went to Artfest as Festal Virgin (the one and only time I can say that) and came back as a UberFester. It was a huge adventure, starting from the ride in the purple rental car with my new friend Lori, all the way through the classes and being retrieved by my brother Andrew and [...]

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Valley Ridge, Mapping Your Life

Posted on April 8, 2009 - Filed Under 2009 Workshops | Leave a Comment

At the end of March I went to Valley Ridge Art Studio to teach for the very first time. It was magical, magnificent, marvelous! Just as I had heard from everyone who has been there. Kathy, who runs the place, has a sense of nuance and a connection with beauty that I admire. She takes [...]

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