Since my last post in May, I have been traveling and busy making art. I spent much of the summer in Northern Michigan teaching at Interlochen Center for the Arts. In June I drove westward and stopped in Detroit. My main destination was the Detroit Institute of the Arts. A sunny day added to the […]
Stamps often provide an introduction to subjects and people that are unfamiliar. Finding a good stamp can be exhilarating. It can be akin to finding a little work of art. Having outbid everyone else on e-bay (accidentally), I was blessed with several pounds of canceled stamps. At least four pounds were American flags. However, I managed […]
When I consider the spring season the first thought that comes to mind involves Baseball. I think of the Phillies practicing in Clearwater, Florida. If Baseball has spring training I thought there ought to be a spring training for art or at the very least I thought I needed a project to spring me into […]
Whenever I can, I try to go for a walk because I find it meditative and I notice that I begin to see objects and places in ways that I do not ordinarily. Ordinarily, I am in too much of a rush to really look closely. I walk for about a mile and a half and I […]
Libraries are one of my favorite places to hang out. I love being around books and people who love being around books. The library is a place of words. However, it is easy to forget that it is also a place of images. Printed images and picture are close kin to printed words. For this […]