I made a mistake and this week's post will come at 7:15 this evening. So Sorry! August 19, 2022

Last week the refrigerator and the vacuum cleaner broke down irrevocably and a leak sprung in the bathtub which will necessitate tearing...

When I call my work on the Houses of Blue a work in progress I have to say progress is a relative term. I'm proceeding very carefully,...

Last week we said good-bye to Claus Oldenburg, and artist whose work fills me with delight-- an interesting combination of serious and...

Happy Birthday to all born under the sigh of Leo. Does it look like the lions are quarreling? I did this drawing thinking that I would...

I read Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird years ago and I still go back to it for comfort and fun. It's a memoir, a faith journey, and a very...

In the past year I've participated in several art shows, and I want to thank my friends who organized and curated them, and either...

Almost done with the Blue House--at least I've gotten to the roof line. I've read that the custom in building a house is that when the...

Last week I said I would try something in blue and here it is, as a work in progress. It's a blue house, based on a picture of an antique...

I'm a month late for his birthday but today I celebrate Maurice Sendak, one of my early idols, author of some of my favorite books,...

I've been thinking about whales-- I'm not sure why. I remembered this drawing that I came upon in a magazine back in the days of my...

This week we say goodbye to Knox Martin, painter and beloved teacher at the Art Student's League. He was ninety-nine. Do you know this...

I'm embarrassed that I live in the greatest city in the world but don't pay enough respect to what it has to offer. I can see the Empire...

Next Tuesday will be my mother's birthday and also mine, as I was born on her twenty-first birthday. When I think of myself at...

I thought I had run dry as I sought inspiration for this week's blog. I wanted to write about Faith Ringgold and her retrospective...

This Wednesday was my Dad's birthday. This is one of my favorite pictures, taken around 1943, probably by my grandmother; my Uncle Dave,...

The first Earth Day in 1970 was also the day I enrolled at the Art Students League so this is a big anniversary for me. In 1970 we knew...

One of life's greatest pleasures is holding a small child in your lap and reading a story. As thrilling as it is when they start to read...

I'm taking this chance to let you know about one of the Barbara's I told you about in my Saint Barbara Project! Venezuela-born American...

I love poetry but I love it in my own time; I want it to kind of flit across my field of vision and catch me by surprise, Like Walt...