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Category: Painting & Drawing
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Sudden snowfall
Last night’s snow following several days of spring-like weather is a graphic reminder that winter may not be through with us yet. The stark beauty of snow on the branches of my backyard neighbor’s Sweetgum tree inspired this quick-and-dirty sketch made with everyday permanent markers. With sunshine and rising temperatures in next week’s forecast, spring…
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To each her own
The cold and gloom that is January is keeping me home more than usual these days, so I’m back in my art room playnting my way toward spring. One of the many perks of making art is that it allows you to transcend reality and create what you want to see in the world. Or…
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The art of letting go
I am so ready to leave this year behind. It began with a funeral for someone I love dearly, and it is ending the same way. Two close family members from our already small clan, gone in 2021. Covid-19 didn’t take these loved ones from us, thankfully, but they were both ill — and very,…
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Wanted: talented artists and storytellers!
WinCity Voices is thrilled to announce its call for talented storytellers and artists to participate in "The Voices of Winchester: A Night of Storytelling." Slated for Friday, October 6, 2023, at 7:30 PM at the Leeds Center for the Arts, this year's theme is 'Hope.' Embrace this opportunity to share your creativity with the community…
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Confessions of an aging road dog
We’ve been traveling three days now, with easy overnights in Missouri and Arkansas, launching our Midwest road trip on a promising note. Both states made lasting impressions with their natural beauty, vibrant downtowns, friendly locals, and abundance of armadillo roadkill. We’re in Kansas now, entranced by a cerulean sky topped with dollops of pillowy white…
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Healing in a world of hurt
During the two-week run of beautiful weather just after Easter, a violent stomach bug came calling and knocked me for a loop. Jeff was sick too, but with a spring cold -- somehow miraculously sidestepping the virus that brought me literally to my knees. It’s never a good time to be sick, but during that…
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Haiku You!
If you’re a regular reader of The Winchester Sun — and I hope you are — you know how lucky we are to have accomplished and knowledgeable columnist Bill McCann keeping us up on the local and regional art scene. In a March 28 Sun article, Bill put out word that the newspaper is seeking…
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It’s time to fly
The wind and I go way back, and our relationship is ... complicated. Throughout my life, this invisible but very tangible force of nature has at various times lulled, soothed, thrilled, frustrated, agitated, and terrified me (not unlike my long-gone cat Juniper — may she rest forever in peace — but that’s a story for…
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Taking stock in the new year
As the first month of the new year slips away, I realize I spent January taking stock, sifting through the physical and emotional accumulations of these past few years — years I can only describe as surreal. While rummaging recently in my art room piles, I came upon this watercolor-and-pen still life dated July 24,…
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Wintertime Whish
The recent arctic freeze had us worried about the neighborhood cats that frequent our yard and drink from our ancient birdbath, which quickly turned into a miniature skating rink as the temperatures tanked and the snowflakes swirled. After a couple of anxious days without sighting these ferociously independent felines, I’m happy to report they are…