Prague
The city is as pretty as everyone had said it would be. Handsome Art Nouveau and Deco buildings line the cobbled streets. The Vitava river winds through gracefully. The weather couldn't have been better: fresh spring leaves, lilacs and blooming...
post-x-mas getaway
This year some of my French family and I treated ourselves to a post Christmas holiday in the Var, the department to our east, which has a milder climate than here in the Bouches du Rhône, but isn't quite as...
Back in the US of A
I had last made a trip to the States in late 2021, just as covid restrictions were petering out, and at the time, I pretty much stayed in Cambridge. This time, traveling with my younger sister Cathy, who lives nearby...
Summer Solstice
When the summer solstice came by this year, there was an article in the Guardian about how beech trees sense the heat at this time in order to calculate how much of an effort to put into producing fruit. Apparently...
Animal portraits
Last year I took a couple of classes given online by Jennifer Gennari, an artist who does amazing precise animal paintings that at the same time manage to capture the liveliness of her subjects. I learned a great deal—especially to...
Autumn in the Netherlands
It's been 11 years since I last visited Amsterdam with my friend Maureen. I had had such an enjoyable time that I wanted to go back, and this time, expand my sights outside of the city. I took the train...
Studio Portraits
I love painting with live models. One picks up the energy of the sitter, which is very exciting.
Watercolours
Watercolour on paper, 28 x 18cm (11 x 7") Not available.The old neighbourhood of Bairro Alto in which we stayed.Watercolour on paper, 21 x 28.5cm (8.25 x 11") €250 SOLD.The biggest challenge for this painting was working fast to prevent...
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