• MOSTLY

    MOSTLY

    My Teacher, Skip Lawrence https://skiplawrence.com. Sometimes one get’s lucky in life. I was introduced to Skip and his workshops by my other teacher Dawn Emerson https://dawnemerson.com. I took 3 workshops with Skip and also a mentorship in the past 8 years. + He continues to guide me everyday in studio and his guidance has strengthened…

  • working in a series

    working in a series

    Series: a tool for finding and refining one’s artistic voice. Last week in studio, ‘one thing leads to another’, and there I was working in a series. It was refreshing. Limiting my constraints and culminating with a still life theme of color and line, I produced 9 paintings(monotype and trace monotype ). The work feels…

  • one day at a time

    one day at a time

    get to work.

  • Community.

    com·mu·ni·ty /kəˈmyo͞onədē/ a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals. 2019 in Civita was  memorable and wonderful. It was all about ‘community’: the Civitoni, Laura, Tony, visiting fellows returning to the Civita Institute, amazing chefs at the restaurants, shop owners, tractor drivers and of course, my adventurous…

  • Translating Landscape

    Translating Landscape

    A creative adventure; a new class via on-line. So great to teach landscape (design) drawing + painting and to reach out to many. Take a look at the preview + sign up. Warmly, Anita https://www.carlasonheim.com/online-classes/translating-landscape/ The landscape is a gentle way of exploring the elements that are integral to making meaningful work: line, value, color, shape, edges,…