I am in Florida, at the airport, on my way home from two weeks of intensive studio classes for my masters degree. There are so many layers and angles to my experience here…I am still digesting it all, but a theme definitely emerged. During our final discussion for the printmaking class, one of the other students, Annette Saldana, said “just […]
Are you fake with your art?
Art and Shame
“You shouldn’t be making art like that!” This was said to me once. It stunned me. At the time, I had just started making art again after a long dry spell. The person who said it to me was an artist who did watercolor still lifes. She let me and my young son come to her studio. My son would […]
Is it safe to be real when you are in the public eye?
I am participating in the itty bitty adventure club and my adventure this week was to confront my twitter fears. Okay, I know that seems…a bit tame, but it is ITTY BITTY! Okay?! I’m scared of twitter. It seems fast. And you have to be concise. And some people twitter A LOT. But I am not even at the actual tweet stage. My […]