Whew, back again from another trip, this time to England. Mike and I spent most of the time in the country, but took one day to go to London. My goal was to see the Anselm Kiefer exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts, a retrospective I highly recommend. If I had to use one word to describe Anselm Kiefer’s work, I would say “Layers.” … Continue reading Layers upon Layers: Anselm Kiefer at the RA
So, I’m still on a high from our trip to Berlin over the long weekend. The most amazing part? This street art tour and workshop. I found it doing a simple Google search and clearly it was a steal so I booked it right away and could barely sleep I was so excited about it…. because I am just that much of an art nerd! I don’t … Continue reading Berlin Street Art Tour and Workshop
Wow, it has been a long time since my last post! Truthfully, I have backed off of the internet in kind of a personal growth experiment after reading this article in the New York Times. I decided to do a digital detox myself, just to see if I could do it. My main goal was to stay off of Facebook for a month. Facebook is … Continue reading Studio Update: Internet Detox + Printshop Visit in Frankfurt + New Linocut
Haven’t been painting much. My life has been so busy lately getting ready for Christmas… I’ve had to reserve my creative energies for cookie-making, decorating, and pointing my camera phone around, trying to capture the beauty of the season. Here are some of those images for you to enjoy… Happy Holidays! Continue reading Scenes of Christmas
Greetings and Happy Belated Veterans Day to all! My husband and I spent part of the long weekend in Karlsruhe, Germany, an overlooked, non-touristy gem to the south. We decided on Karlsruhe because of two world class museums there. Karlsruhe is nicknamed the “fan city” because of the fan-shaped, radial arrangement of streets surrounding its eighteenth-century palace. The city itself is very young by German … Continue reading Travelog: German and Dutch Masters and Peter Dreher in Karlsruhe
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