One Hundred
My recent work with Claire Benn at the Crow Barn was inspiring and informative, as usual, and I returned home with lots of new techniques, and Claire's voice in my…
Acrylic, Acrylic and more Acrylic
I'm at a Claire Benn surface design workshop at the Crow Timber Barn in Ohio. This first week we are in 'free fall,' which means we are to have no…
Sunset, Death and Marriage
I just finished these three pieces, all of which were painted with earth minerals, and all of which are either stretched onto or mounted onto canvas, a first for me.…
Finishing
"Finishing" is not my favorite part of fiber art design, but I know that if I haven't finished my piece well it signifies I don't care about it. Just as…
Inspired by Nature
Whenever I feel like I have lost my way, I go to my garden. There I will find everything: beauty, growth, life-and-death fighting, and rot. I should say that I…
Minimalism and The Small Door of Your Death
The poems from The Small Door of Your Death, are all written in what I might call a minimalist style. Because they dealt with the death of my son, I…
Lagniappe: Losing Weight
I have struggled with weight all of my life. Just as I had to watch what I drank so as not to develop the alcoholism my father died of, I…
Inspiration: Bark
What is it about tree bark that so inspires? I must admit to loving trees, first off. But there's something about the bark of a tree that excites my imagination…
Correspondences and Covers
I would call the word "correspondences" a cousin to the word "ekphrasis" in the way I'm thinking of it. In Charles Baudelaire's great sonnet, "Correspondences," he writes "Les parfums, les…