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The Happy Accident (or not!)
I've always said I love the process of painting when the happy accident occurs. You can ask anyone who knows me—I'm not a great planner, hence the happy accident sometimes saves the day. When I start painting I work roughly from reference photos. The 24"x24" painting...
2020 Calendar is Now Available Online!
In 2019 I continued working on my "Askew" paintings, a series of architectural details with a skewed perspective enhanced by my interpretations using invented color and pattern. I created 18 new paintings this year ranging in size from 10"x10" to 72"x72". This brings...
Photo Essay—The Opening of My Solo Show at Eric Fischl Gallery, Phoenix College
My exhibition "It's All Askew: Spatial Transformations" at the Eric Fischl Gallery, Phoenix College, AZ has come and gone but the photographs live on...Many thanks to my husband, photographer James Cowlin for being on the job during the opening and taking these great...
Creating a Very Large Painting—A Photo Essay
I started my "Askew" series several years ago as an experiment, using 10"x10" panels. Gradually I increased the size, each time wondering if my concept would hold up. It did and I continued to increase the size. Below I'm prepping 4-36"x36" panels which will become...
My Big Announcement—I Was Awarded A 2019 Gottlieb Foundation Individual Artist Support Grant
Part of my routine for the business part of my art practice is a group of annual grants for which I apply. The application submissions come out at various times of the year and I track these on my calendar. For each submission, there's a flurry of writing, choosing...
Total Studio Reorganization Brought On by Some Very Good News!
The Very Good News is going to remain a mystery to readers until it's officially announced by an undisclosed organization. This good news brought on a total redo of my studio in order to clear my head and proceed...One of the first things I did was to dispose of the...
“Organically Askew” at Chandler Center for the Arts: A Photographic Recap
Showing my work with Autumn Rose's abstract flower paintings in the beautiful Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery was a wonderful experience. The show was up from January 17-March 1, 2019. Many thanks to my husband James Cowlin for taking photographs that captured...
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow and a Big Mess to Follow at the Start of 2019
This photo by James Cowlin is a shot of my studio in action, with unfinished paintings on tables and on the easel in the foreground on the right side. Thank you to Jim for capturing scene. It'll always bring back good memories of this period of intense creating. The...
2019 Askew Series Calendar
Over the past year, I've been focusing on a new series "Askew" paintings of architectural details with a skewed perspective and my interpretations of colors and patterns in the interior and exterior images. So far I have completed 52 paintings of varying sizes. The...
After the Painting is Finished…
I'm guessing lots of people have never given a second thought to what happens after a painting has been finished, both to the artist and to the painting. For me, finishing a painting is like finishing a book. If I'm happy with it—I have to set it aside and move on....
Me, Me, Me–From an Article in Voyage Phoenix Magazine
I've been writing a blog for a long time. Perhaps I've never properly introduced myself. Below are the answers to interview questions for an article for the online magazine Voyage Phoenix—which describe my life in the arts in a short summary... My first foray into art...
Finding the Bubble and Keeping It Inflated
Last week I was in Phoenix for several days, giving an artist talk during a reception for my show, Upstairs & Around the Corner at Balcony Gallery@London Gold in Scottsdale. Below is a photo of the talk, taken by my wonderful husband, photographer James Cowlin....