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Photos and blog posts from my Artist-in-Residence experiences
Thursday, May 11, 2017 Today I am working on a journal that will be a record of my time here at the battlefield. For this project, I started with an old book I found in an antique store. It was falling apart, but had good […]
As I reflect on my two weeks at the park, I remember the people, landscape, history, and animals that came together to make the experience so meaningful. Each day the park introduced me to something or someone new – the golden field of buttercups at […]
Monday, May 8, 2017 Mixed media day! I was excited to begin work on a fun new project that combines history and nature with images and words from the battlefield. I’ve been thinking about this idea for a while and was anxious to get all of […]
Thursday, May 4, 2017 It was a bit breezy this afternoon on the terrace of the Visitor Center, but the view is so inspiring for any artist. I am fortunate (as is everyone else here) to join sculptor Cynthia Rusnak who is the other Artist-in-Residence […]
Wednesday, May 10 It is a glorious day in the park today – blue sky, a few white cottony clouds. I would guess the temperature to be about 65 degrees. I hiked up to the Thornberry House today, one of my favorite places here in […]
During my Artist-in-Residence time at the Manassas National Battlefield Park, I had every intention of writing and posting on this blog each day. But, that didn’t happen and though I missed some of those daily deadlines due to a creative struggle between writing and painting/drawing, […]
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 After a brief introduction to supplies on hand (including my favorite watercolor pencils) we dispersed a bit to find our own spot to reflect and record our impressions. The history of this place provides an interesting background for our journaling. Soldiers, […]
I heard a rustling in the grass nearby. “Hey turkey,” I called. No, this was not a lost hiker who had wandered up to the patio where I was working. This was a real wild turkey, walking at the edge of the woods behind the […]
May 1, 2017 The first time I looked at the clock this morning, the numbers glowed 4:30 a.m. Though I was eager to begin the day as Artist-in-Residence at Manassas National Battlefield Park, Civil War spirits might have been the only ones there at that […]
As I began to plan for my Artist-in-Residence experience at Manassas National Battlefield Park, I thought about how and why the park is important to me. I hike there often and enjoy sketching along Bull Run and at the Stone Bridge, where I also go […]