Flat Stanley visits the Seat of Harmony

Imagine my delight and surprise when I caught Flat Stanley sitting on my loveseat recently!  I happened to be downtown at the C’ville Arts Gallery, and I walked outside just in time to see a woman photographing a paper figure who was sitting on the loveseat.  I rushed back in, grabbed a card & asked [...]

A few comments re. RSS feed, subscribing & spam…

Ugh.  Spam.  It’s so annoying.  It’s also annoying to get an email message saying there’s new content on a blog, only to find that spammers are the ones contributing.  I apologize to subscribers for the latest round of spam, and I think I have taken care of the problem now.  Anyone who comments must be [...]

When it begins to come together..

I completed Serendipity this week.  Unlike some work, this piece didn’t just “happen”.  There are times when I complete a piece, prop it up on my mantle, and wonder where it came from.  Well, maybe not exactly.  But, it’s rare that a conceptual drawing precedes actual production.  It will usually begin with an object and [...]

Finding direction

I received the translation this morning.

“I wanted to let you know that I find interesting your technique and use of different materials.  There is balance and taste in your works.  I also like very much the work called “Origin”, and I think (although this is a professional habit of mine) that if you succeed in creating [...]

Following your gut

It really is about timing.  This morning, I sat down with my coffee and opened a comment to one of my blog entries, a young lady had taken the time to write to tell me that she was inspired by my work, so inspired that she planned to spend the next day in her shed ”following (her) [...]