Creatively Thinking

I'm getting ready for my solo exhibition at Gallery 210 in the Plymouth, Wisconsin at the Center for the Arts.  January 25 - Feb 12. The title of the exhibition is "The Journey"  and it includes works from my Ladders and Fences series.  This piece is called "Pink Diamonds." The exhibition includes both poetry by me and by other Wisconsin Poets. Below is the poem that I wrote that goes with this work. Pink Diamonds the sky the all of every thing silver sun moon stars polished diamonds adrift in the music of silence you going gently moving float float float ing in the last days of moving waters pink diamonds adrift in the music of silence

"Cabin Along The Shores Of Lake Superior" has been accepted into the "Midwest Seasons" exhibition at the CVA in Wausau, Wisconsin. I am honored to be part of this marvelous national exhibition in an outstanding gallery at the Center for the Visual Arts.

My "Pink Diamonds" painting is in the book for my upcoming solo exhibition at Gallery 210 in Plymouth Art Center. The exhibition is a retrospective which will feature some of my "Ladders and Fences: The Journey" paintings and poems by Wisconsin poets. I will send out details on this exhibition soon. Pink Diamonds the sky the all of every thing silver sun moon stars polished diamonds adrift in the music of silence you going gently moving float float float ing in the last days of moving waters pink diamonds adrift in the music of silence

Measuring Imagine measuring imagine the artist she wondering, wonder wandering traveling along fields of wonderful rivers of tears skies of silver mountains of dreams the artist she measuring imagine creates the journey measuring imagine

"Sunset" is part of my "Fences and Ladders: The Journey"  series that I have been working on all summer. It will be in the Museum of Wisconsin Art Members exhibition this fall.

"Fence Line"  has been accepted in the River Road National Exhibition in Baton Rouge Louisiana.  This is the 4th exhibition this work has been honored to be in.  What a fun little piece!  Originally it was called "Fairies On The Fence Watching The Storm Approach."  It was part of my fairies series.  This one has been out in exhibitions so much that it has had a chance to be sold.  Most of the pieces in this series are now in happy homes.  :)

"Reaching For The Sunrise"  has been accepted into the Kansas Watercolor Society National Juried Exhibition at the Wichita Center For the Arts.

"The Way Out" has won the "Best of Show Award" in the  2015 Midwest National Abstract Show in Indianapolis, IN.  Judge Paige Williams made this statement about my work"  "I was struck by the variety of media and gestural marks which engage at a distance then reward at closer viewing. The forms build and are layered in an interwoven dynamic composition.  The color combined with the use of negative space creates a visual clarity that eventually arrives at a crescendo." I am honored and amazed.  Thank you Judge Paige Williams. Featured image: "The Way Out"  48x36 Mixed Water Based Media

The Philadelphia Watercolor Society just honored me with Signature Status in their Society. "Chickadees In The Garden" will be on exhibition for their 115th ANNIVERSARY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF WORKS ON PAPER September 5 - October 25, 2015 The GoggleWorks Center for the Arts Reading, PA, 19601

I was just unpacking "Roots,"  formerly known as "End Of The Day." It was being returned from the Springfield Art Museum National Watercolor USA exhibition.  There was a very nice gloss catalog for this exhibition in the package.  On the second page there was a huge glossy photo of my work. I don't think I will ever stop being amazed at seeing my art in print like that - little me a tiny speck adrift in a huge ocean of artists having my work honored like that.  And I am always amazed when the same thing happens several times. This piece was also juried into the Americas" Northwest Art Center. Minot ND exhibition.  And the "Bold Expressions 2014"  National Exhibition at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Judge Diane Budde said this about “End of The Day” Best of Show Manito Art League, Manitowish Waters, WI.  “One of the things I most admire about painters is the ability to develop a...

What is is that drives a creative person?  Why is it that I don't stop, imagining, making and creating no matter what?  This blog will be about what drives me as an artist to create, why I can't stop and what I produce in my creative times. Today during my musings, this wonderful little poem happened early this morning when I was drinking coffee and watching the sun rise. wonderfully sun wonderfully sun opening the sky fogs shadow softly is no more

I am currently deeply entrenched in a series of works that I am calling "Fences & Ladders - The Journey."  As with all series, I have no idea how big or long it will go.  I am working on placing the works in a solo exhibition at Gallery 210 in the winter of 2016.  "How Do You Build A Bridge To Never Never Land?  30x40 aqueous media on paper.