Ireland Travels: Dunquin
We are back from a swell trip to Ireland in which we celebrated our daughter’s recent college graduation by returning to our favorite places discovered two years ago. Our evening flight began June 5, during which I sketched we three sheep, above. We landed the next morning as fog blanketed the valleys. The passenger next to me noted that Air Force One was on the tarmac in Shannon. We saw evidence of political protest leaving the airport. It was too early to check into our lodgings, so we waited for the airport Starbucks to open at 8 AM, along with a swarm of Garda, which Marty captured...
Read MoreMICA Art Walk 2019
With delight and pride, we returned to Baltimore recently for our daughter Daisy Braun’s culmination of four fruitful years of study at Maryland Institute College of Art. We heard many, many phone calls about the obstacles and stress of getting through the demands of a rigorous program. Recognizing the hard parts, it’s gratifying to see Daisy’s work mature and manifest. Students made proposals for their thesis installations. Daisy printed this of hers: She was granted the space she wanted, a classroom in the Interdisciplinary Sculpture major in the Station building. She...
Read MoreKidlit Con Providence
A week ago today I was in the thick of children’s books everything at Kidlit Con Providence, and I’m still unpacking all the goodness. I checked into the Hotel Providence with my travel mates, Lyn Smith and Kirsten Cappy. Author and illustrator Jarrett Lerner joined us in the hotel bar for dinner. He got our robot groove going. This year’s organizer, Charlotte Taylor, gave welcoming remarks and thankful applause to author and blogger, Mia Wenjen, who gathered the panel participants last fall. I learned about the conference via her @Pragmatic Mom. LeUyen Pham gave a stellar...
Read MorePastels ici!
I am thrilled to share that my pastel, Regatta, is included in Paintings of Portland by Carl Little and David Little. The book spans two hundred years of art in all seasons featuring my pretty city across the bay. Check it out! I did this pastel years ago for a show on Peaks Island, and it’s in the collection of Bill and Patty Zimmerman, wonderful patrons of the arts. That’s Fort Gorges, which I pass on every ferry trip, and I love seeing it under clouds of all shapes. Pastel studies of seascapes and changing light have kept me busy between illustration projects for many years....
Read MorePace Yourself, Class of 2019
What good fortune to chaperone the Illustration MECA field trip to Stonington along with fearless Department Chair Mary Anne Lloyd! Maine College of Art’s Pace House is a splendid destination even under overcast skies. Our troop arrived in four vehicles, 13 students in all. After grilled cheese sandwiches and soup, they set out for the nearby Lily Pond. A downpour brought them dashing back, where they gathered around a toasty wood stove to dry off, sketch, and play games, surrounded by Stephen Pace’s paintings. Nothing finer than breaking bread together! I made a couple of MECA...
Read MoreMoto Scotia 2018
Today is National Grandparents Day, and I dedicate this post to my grandfather, Roland Bell Hogan, who himself was the grandson of Patrick Hogan who left Belfast, Ireland to settle in Young’s Cove, Nova Scotia in the mid- 1800’s. Our recent trip to Nova Scotia was all about connecting with family and friends. I’m ever grateful to be part of the Hogan clan! After Marty and I boarded the CAT ferry in Portland, Maine we got out our sketchbooks. Here’s his opener: The trip was about two hours longer than advertised, thanks to debris clogging one of the ship’s jets....
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