CANVAS PROJECT VOLUME 3: SQUISHY

CANVAS PROJECT VOLUME 3: SQUISHY

It was hard to imagine a sweeter illustration than a jelly doughnut for squishy, my last word in the Art House Co-op Canvas Project. In my ever curious, research-oriented mind I discovered help in the great doughnut vs. cruller debates of the early 1940s.The New York...
CANVAS PROJECT VOLUME 3: BACKSLIDER

CANVAS PROJECT VOLUME 3: BACKSLIDER

For the Art House Co-op Canvas Project, my second word was backslider, another rather interesting one. And one which I have not had occasion to use in a sentence, although, I do understand this one. “How do you illustrate backslider?” I pondered. Until I...
CANVAS PROJECT VOLUME 3: INCULCATE

CANVAS PROJECT VOLUME 3: INCULCATE

The assignment from Art House Co-op:We’re creating a visual encyclopedia where each artist is asked to visually interpret three words that are assigned to them randomly and were submitted by the Art House community onto 4×4 inch canvases. A visual...
ART IN DENVER

ART IN DENVER

Megan and Kyria at the art museumMy trip to Denver was filled with beautiful things to see. My family being the first. I took my granddaughter, Kyria, with me and we stayed at my daughter’s (Megan) and son-in-law’s (Chris) house for a few days.Our...
THE NAKED  CITY

THE NAKED CITY

When I was a kid there was a TV show that I loved to watch with my dad. It was called the Naked City. Each week it brought you a glimpse of New York, in the format of a crime drama. But what I remember most about the show was the way in which you felt that at any...

THE HANKIE PROJECT

Julie Barratt wrote to say “The Hankie Project (has come down). Have had lots of people through to see the show and lots of fab comments in the visitor’s book.””The show will go on to Grafton Regional Gallery in Jan. 2011 and am also following...