We met one summer in the 1980’s when we were both artists in residence at the remarkable Blue Mountain Center, situated on 1600 acres of woods in the Adirondacks in New York State.
Blog Posts on Art
My Dinner Guest
My dinner guest sits quietly as the sun sinks in the west behind her, but her quietness is temporary.
Pink Seesaws and My Birthday
I just passed a most delightful birthday with my Santa Fe family, outdoors, in 45 degrees, with coats and coconut cake baked by my eldest granddaughter.
The Meaning of Art
A group of our local artists on their own initiative, without official permission or sponsorship, built an altar in the Railyard Park.
Down Town
During the early years of the last century, American girls were shipped to England to find husbands lured by their family dollars… Winston Churchill’s mother was one of these so-called “Dollar Princesses.”
Some Remarkable Women
I give you several women who have been seen as remarkable; they stand for a multitude of others who through timing, luck or geography are never given the accolades they deserve.
Spanish Market and the Triumph of Craft
These staring female saints, these progressing pilgrims, are as far as can be imagined from the images in European churches—or even in the “white” churches of the northeast.
Judy Chicago: The Master in Action
Elemental, terrifying, and beautifully rendered—often in tender pastels—these images of women in the throes of labor and birth speak to the power we, as a gender, are often afraid to claim.
And It Does Go On
I am devoutly grateful for the lives of Will’s two older brothers who have mourned him with me and yet managed to go on.
When a Great Woman Dies
When a great woman dies, we need to think about her again and again.