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...

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...

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...

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...

My dear friend Maureen was on the Continent this winter, and, as I usually do when an American friend crosses the Atlantic, I chose to meet up, this time, in Andalucía. I understand that visiting this part of Spain...

Linograph prints with stenciled type on blue matte 40 x 30cm (16 x 12") 130€In the mood to change media from painting all the time, I did these small linoleum prints of which subject I never tire: trees. I get...

Last May, I did some drawing up around the little village of Vaugines. I am so out of practice at pleine aire painting the little watercolours were not great! But I did take photos, and rediscovered the pleasure of drawing...

This Christmas I combined my love of animals with my love for the members of my family. I often associate a person I know well with an animal which exhibits characteristics that correspond with his/her personality. Since I've known most...

May 6. It's been over a year since we first went into Covid lockdown, and I am currently still obliged to obtain most of my entertainment from within my apartment in Aix.Outside my window it is clearly springtime. The trees...

This second "Confinement" has given me an excellent opportunity to complete 2 sets of linogravure pieces. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have become interested in the specificity of birds—each species with its own perfect set of adapters—beak...