(Caution: My longest blog post so far) (Photo by Visual Simplicity) Seems to me that Clara Foltz and I lived next to each other for a...

Recently, I created an art quilt “Wall of Fire” to address the unimaginable events that really happen. Having been evacuated more than...

From 2010 to 2012, I had the good fortune to live and work in Rome. Part of my ‘recreation’ was: teaching myself water colors - did a...

I'm repeating this post from last year because "101 Threads" is currently hanging in the Camelot Gallery, 225 Broad St, Nevada City, CA...

During my recent trips to Europe, I saw many seagulls, including in the historic center of Rome, Italy. They seem to follow the Tiber...

Recently, a friend came for lunch with a cheerful bunch of tulips. They inspired the artquilt that you see here. Let me share the...

With the quickly changing spring weather, we had several storms. As often, I start with a light pencil sketch on 100% cotton. After...

In my blog post "Inspired by Being in Rome", I shared how these three pieces were started. Let's look at how they were finished. The...

Wow. - The nights are still cool, but spring arrived. Would love to share my artistic journey from a rough sketch that was drawn on...

One of the many attractions of Rome is that time is made visible by many layers of culture. Giovanni Barracco, a 19th-century collector,...