Jumpin’ July
A friend recently called July the “ADHD of months” and I agree. So. Much. Going. ON. Normally I make blog posts about individual events, but they have been coming at me too dang fast. Here is the whole jam of July: kids books, talks, classes, travels, friends, family. A bounty of sun and color and amazing humans. I was off to the Friends School for their Story in the Forest program on July 9. I read Ana and the Sea Star and then eager campers played a lively game of Ocean Locomotion. They tried moving like sea stars! They also drew sea creatures in pastel, with gusto. I’m...
Read MoreIreland Travels: Dublin
Let me say here that Marty, my hero, did ALL the driving. Dunquin has really narrow winding roads (see above) with spectacular views. When another car approaches, you pull over! Yet it wasn’t easy being a passenger, sitting where a steering wheel should be, pumping imaginary brakes. The drive from Dunquin to our next destination involved more back roads, scenic yet scary with blind curves, speedy locals, lumbering farm equipment. We stopped in lovely Buttevant just to stretch. I found a post office along with this adorable dog whose owner had forgotten him. The postmaster called the...
Read MoreIreland 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....
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