VALLEY ARTS CENTER EVENT

My painting Reflection was accepted in the 51st Annual Juried Art Exhibition. Feeling grateful that 600 entries were sent in and 48 were accepted in this show. I am proud to be a part of this exhibit.

Wonderful evening with @valleyartcenter and @heightsarts for the Traveling Ekphrastacy Artist Talk- Poets Respond event.

Great to hear other artist’s view, but I was especially inspired & in awe of the poet’s reading of their interpretation of our artworks.

Christine Howey, who chose my piece “Reflection” was amazing in her performance of her piece “Reflecting On My Recent Escape from an Edward Hopper Painting”.

I am honored to have Reflection be the inspiration for her performance- which was truly enjoyable! Thank you Christine for letting me share your poem here.

WHAT'S IN A TITLE?

This painting originally was titled Kiss Like Klimt as an homage to Gustav Klimt’s painting The Kiss.

The SOAP gallery has a show titled 7 Deadly Sins. I thought - “This painting fits the theme!”

So when I brought it in, the name changed to “Lust”. Which fits. So they are lusty for now…

Newspaper article featuring my painting for this show. Sinful is in the eye of the beholder…

ZINE FOCUS

Great to be focused on the Youngstown Art Scene Zine for August 2022!

A really nice zine by Mallory Martin (no relation). Proud to be the story this month!

MEDICI MUSEUM OF ART EXHIBIT

A lot of artwork is being shown at this exhibit. Each artist has their artwork displayed together. Mine don’t really go together, but I understand trying to organize such a big show.

John and I next to my pieces. Pear Duo and Not Ignoring You.

RECENT WORK

During our kitchen remodeling I thought a food painting might be good. Fruit - pears? Can’t have a purely traditional set of pears. Experimented with slicing oversized dramatic pears. Kind of fragmented.

3 Sliced Pears • 24” x 36” Acrylic on canvas

REMEMBERING THE FARM

We sold the family farm in Colorado. Bittersweet because we have so many fond memories of spending time there, but because of distance it became too much to take care of. Nearby ranchers bought our property, so it’s in good hands.

The Farm • Acrylic on canvas • 36” x 48”

Most of this piece is from memory. The view faces west. Out on the plains towards eastern Colorado.

The house, well, granary, chicken coup, outhouse, pigeon coup, fuel tank, raccoon pen, sheep pen, barn, pond and fields. There’s my grandpa feeding the cattle from the bed of his truck.

And the sky really is that blue.

FRAMES

My husband John is a fabulous wood worker. He’s been making the frames for my paintings. They really are terrific!

Multi blue floating frame. Outer area is black, front ultramarine blue, and the inner area cobalt.

Multi blue floating frame. Outer area is black, front ultramarine blue, and the inner area cobalt.

Ultramarine blue chunky frame to fit.

Ultramarine blue chunky frame to fit.

A collection of several frames all perfect for each artwork.

A collection of several frames all perfect for each artwork.