Author. Artist.
. . . Let us be up and doing – old and young – we have no time to idle; every quickly flitting moment is to be improved, every space filled up. Words to inspire. These lines graced the third edition of The Waterford News, a […]
To continue my blog series on women in the arts, I would like to introduce you to Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923) who, after experiencing profound sadness and loneliness in her own young life, brought joy to others with her delicately painted watercolors of nature. In post […]
In September 2015 I was privileged to be selected as a National Park Service Artist in Residence at Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland. During my stay I painted, sketched, wrote and created two journals trying some new techniques in mixed media. As my final project to donate to the Catoctin Forest Alliance, sponsor of the Catoctin AIR program, I created this nature journal of both my artwork and that of some of the participants in the three public programs I gave. Here are some pages of my own artwork. Click once to select a photo, then click once again to enlarge it.
Saturday, September 19, 2015 I hear so many different birds this morning – Maybe they flew in for the weekend. This is my favorite time to sit outside at the picnic table. The light is soft and the Catoctin Mountains slowly awaken. Sunlight glints off […]
