I am very honored to be included as an artist on the blog
WomenPaintingWomen.blogspot.com
which includes ‘favorite paintings of women by women, with a focus on contemporary, living artists.’ I met the creator of the blog, Sadie Valeri, while we were studying Portrait Painting under Michael Grimaldi at the Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier exactly one year ago. [...]
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I was enamored of this oil on paper piece depicting art collector and philanthropist Vera List by Jon R. Friedman. It hung in the new arrivals hall by the front entrance of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. It was one of the first paintings I saw and [...]
{blurry photo of} charcoal on paper, 24″ x 18″ – 1 hour drawing from life
While in Savannah for a wedding, I visited my friend’s Life Drawing class at SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design). Ben Ward is a dear friend and fellow SCAD alumni who now works as a professor in the foundations [...]
Thanks to everyone who came out to the opening reception of my solo show, Gaze, at Robert Lange Studios in Charleston, South Carolina last Friday. (There was a great turn out – over 400 glasses were used to serve wine). I had a wonderful time meeting with new folks. Thanks Megan and Rob (Lange) for [...]
Check out the feature on my solo show in the current issue of American Art Collector available at Barnes and Noble and Borders.
While in Chicago, I had to take a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago. The museum houses a vast collection of Impressionism. I think that viewing Monet and Degas and Post-Impressionist works by Van Gogh and Gauguin at a young age subconsciously instilled in me my love and fascination for color. [...]
I was invited back to my hometown (Libertyville, Illinois – an hour north of Chicago) to teach the AP art students as an “artist in residence.” Libertyville High School is blessed with support for the arts from the school and community and they also have wonderful teachers. Mr. Raymond Gossell, who inspired me [...]