I am a jewelry artist and painter living in Cascadia, along the Salish Sea in the northwest corner of Washington State.
My home and studio is in Anacortes, a town on an island, surrounded by stories.. and tales.. and memories.
This place inspires me.
In this ongoing series about Preservation, Conservation, Experimentation, I'd like to make a recommendation for all artists and makers - design for repair. I...
Environmentalists have learned to beware of corporate greenwashing - deceptive marketing campaigns that exaggerate the extent to which a company or product i...
I return to my canoe via the Harrison Portage. Too long, much too long has
passed since my last trip. it has been almost 4 years since I could not
rememb...
My students must create a recipe, demonstrate it in front of the class, and
serve it nicely, for one of their final semester projects. This is one of
those...
I am finalizing a group of paintings which will be installed at Willows Inn
on Lummi Island in March for the grand reopening. The restaurant is closed
in...
This week! *The Elephant's 6th Toe*
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This week's comic was based on a recent science paper, but has been
thoroughly covered in the news (in...
Here are a few images of work on view in Port Townsend this month at Simon
Mace Gallery on Taylor Street.
Blue Boat Parrish House, 14x18", oil on pane...
The holidays kept me occupied in other reaches. "K" and I arrive on a
cloudy cool morning with the recent rains gone off to the east and into the
hills. ...
Happy New Year! We hope your new year is off to a good start. 2011 was a
busy year for us. As many of you know, Katherine made a six week trip to
Europe to...
Watercolor and Ink Painting on Crinkled Masa An Artist’s Two-Day Workshop
at Egress Studio About the Workshop: This workshop will explore the
crinkled masa...
Lois Dodd
She talks about how she sees and how what she sees is translated into work.
She has done several paintings of burning houses. I bring this pers...
I've been named the first full-year artist in residence for the Rubicon
Foundation/Smoke Farm. The Smoke Farm is a couple hundred acres of
farmland that i...
IlluminatedHighlights from the Yukon Permanent Art Collection Downtown
Whitehorse Mountains near Whitehorse With the arrival of summer, and
visitors from...
That old grade-school test question - Which of these does not belong? - offers a key to the aesthetics of the expressively hot, as opposed to the classically...