grief

Quilts, love and the importance of stories

August 29, 2022

This week a box came from my sister that held a quilt our Mom was adamant that I have. Opening the box transported me instantly to my adopted Mom and Dad’s house. Love smells like old books, coffee, flowers, swimming pool chlorine, Mom’s soap and cleaning products, wine, champagne, cigars and cigarettes. Here’s what the…

A Creative Life, art exhibit, art gallery, art techniques, artistic inspirations, books, creative thinking, fine art, life of the mind, mental health, sketchbook, Sustainable creativity

a creative life, art, books, Broadway Books, creative thinking, democracy, fabric, fabric bags, good mental health, grief, healing, independent bookstores, librarians, libraries, life of the mind, love, nonviolence, quilt, sketchbook, stories, storytellers, storytelling, Ursula La Guin
Wonders, my adopted Mom and real cheese

May 9, 2022

My adopted Mom’s favorite flower is the orchid. Both Dad and Mom enjoyed cats – even though sometimes the cats knocked over plants or books. So I thought those thoughts while creating a portrait of a friends cat. I’ve titled the finished painting “Wonders”. It joins the rest of my Odditerrarium series and is also…

A Creative Life, art exhibit, art gallery, artist book, artistic inspirations, author illustrator, book design and layout, books, business of art, cat portrait, drawing as thinking, fine art, life of the mind, Odditerrarium, sketchbook, words and pictures

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grief

Quilts, love and the importance of stories

Wonders, my adopted Mom and real cheese