Come On, You Little Girls!

These are the words of encouragement my husband Noel is saying in a loud voice to the Chicago Bears, or to the TV, which is featuring the Bears game. He is a Bears fan. They are losing. He is accusing them of playing like dainty delicate sweet little female humans. This has nothing to [...]

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Celebrating Half A Century Of Progress

The Holiday Season officially began for me yesterday, when I celebrated my 50th birthday. My first half century of progress, is how I am billing it. Living in Los Angeles, where it never rains, I got a very happy wish last night.
I planned a simple get together of a dozen friends at a place in [...]

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Inspiration Comes From Within

Recently I began a discussion here about being an abstract artist. I described my communication with another artist who looks down on modern art, even told me so: “I don’t respect modern art” were his words. Rather than get my dander up, his words had me almost pitying him. Poor thing, look at all the [...]

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All On Board For The Renaissance

Hey, is anybody else here ready for the next Renaissance? You won’t have to wear costumes, though if you really like dressing up as a pirate and talking funny, nobody’s going to stop you. Aaarrrgghhh!
‘Renaissance’ is a French word meaning “rebirth”. I’d say that about sums up where we’re at right now. We’ve just entered [...]

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Healing The Spirit For Over 40,000 Years!

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
~Aristotle
“Art doesn’t transform. It just plain forms.“
~Roy Lichtenstein
There is another quote that goes something along the lines of “no culture has survived without art”. I agree with this, and would take it a step further: “no human spirit can [...]

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Inspiration At The House On Jupiter

When I was 19 and in my second year of art school, I had a job at Beck’s Book Store on Sheridan Road near Loyola University in Chicago. A friend who worked there got me the job. I love to read, so it was fun to work there.
Besides textbooks, Beck’s sold all kinds of supplies, [...]

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The Beauty Of This Abstract Moment

I’m preparing myself for the next round of paintings. I feel like I hit the jackpot with the last group I did; in the space of several weeks I painted 33 new works. Most of them are very small, 8″x8″ to 14″x14″. No matter, I had to work fast and this left little room for [...]

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I Got An Abstract Love Jones, Baby!

Yes that’s right, I certainly do. Have an abstract love jones. Just had to share it with you. I am in love with my new work, especially these little pieces. They make me smile, and I go to sleep and wake up thinking about painting more of them. Something freed up inside of me. I [...]

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Change From The Inside Out

Today I am still smiling out loud. Last night we went to an election celebration held at a gallery in Santa Monica. Our friend M.S. Garvey gave an outstanding performance of his “Letters to the President”. These are actual letters he has written to George Bush, with a few to Dick Cheney as well, and [...]

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Dear Mr. President

Dear Mr. President,
Today the world welcomes the beginning of a new Renaissance, ushered in by your historic victory. I couldn’t be more thrilled! While watching the returns on several stations at once last night, I was overcome by emotion so great; a sense of relief? happiness? sheer joy!?… and literally broke down crying. The dark [...]

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