• NOTE-TAKING

    NOTE-TAKING

    Small Notions, creative thoughts and key ‘take-aways’ are included in my many pages of my sketchbooks. I was referring back to my figure drawings this morning and was thrilled about the note taking that accompanied the drawing: ‘painting what you see’, ‘a collaboration between you and the paint’, ‘bridges and barriers.’ Moments of lost edges,…

  • Sketchbook Lessons

    Sketchbook Lessons

    Sketchbook = collecting concept, thoughts, searching for direction on any one given day as an artist. I have countless sketchbooks, dating back to 1985, if not before that date. Reasons for keeping a sketchbook have changed for me over the years. So many lessons and never a regret for keeping them for almost 40 years,…

  • SOUVENIRS

    SOUVENIRS

    Full Circle of the Senses. Marks on paper, to remember. In italian, there are 3 distinct words: rammantare: with a mind for facts ricordare: with heart for feeling rimembrare: with the body, for physical sensation How lovely to have record of all those aspects of remembering. The power of a sketchbook: full circle of the…