AEDM day 3: self-portrait and red sky

I can’t say enough good things about participating in Art Every Day Month so far. I’ve had a great time looking at the work of other participants and being inspired to try new things. Today I worked on a variety of stuff. I started this self-portrait a long time ago and then forgot about it. … Read more

AEDM day 2: goldfish

I usually paint from an image – life, a photograph, something. So in the interest of using Art Every Day Month to try new things, I sat down with some acrylics and just started painting today. It started to look vaguely like goldfish, so I went with that. Not done yet, but wanted to take … Read more

AEDM day 1: getting started

Ah, the pressure of getting started! I worked myself up into a minor frenzy worrying about creating something good enough to be worthy of being posted for the very first day of Art Every Day Month. In the end I decided to use my husband as a model and do a series of sketches of … Read more

Hooray for Art Every Day Month!

I’m looking forward to participating in Art Every Day Month, starting tomorrow. I wanted to do it last year, but given that we were traveling for pretty much the whole month of November, it just wouldn’t have worked out logistically. But this year I’m all ready to go! In addition to continuing to work on … Read more

Yet another reason to love winter

When it’s 0 degrees out, it’s perfectly acceptable for me to throw my long winter coat over my studio clothes and go shopping. Never mind that those studio clothes are really paint-stained sweats with holes in them. A nice long coat makes it all ok. Yay winter!

Too Old

I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do with myself when we decided to move to Munich. I had a hunch I wanted to more aggressively pursue my career as an artist, and so I investigated going back to art school as an option. I found the website of the Akademie der bildenden Künste … Read more

Studio!

The single most exciting thing about our new apartment is that it contains a room which I get to use as my studio. A whole room just for my art! I’ve never had that before. It’s thrilling. I love this room. It is big and bright and has a big window with a lovely view. … Read more