“We all live best in our own imaginations.” I read that this morning in a novel. I wondered how often I live there — in my imagination. While I’m driving, or in the shower, or out on the exercise trail. And is it a good thing? I imagine brilliant conversations with others — in my [...]
Stories have always inspired me. Perhaps because I was raised with them, in one art form or another… When I was a young girl, our family often took Sunday drives through the country-side, with the hoped-for goal of buying ice cream cones. A favorite trip was to a small college town twenty miles due west [...]
My best people paintings come from photos that suggest a story to me. Nothing spectacular. Usually not posed, and with no special lighting. Even photos taken on a grey day with little color can tell a story so poignant it begs to be painted. I found such a photo two years ago among my daughter’s [...]
