Shimmer

The long winter has allowed me time to reflect on life here in Maine and how last year I started looking closer at the ecosystem right outside the studio here in Stockton Springs. The Penbscot River and Bay have captured my imagination since. Water, Life, and Flow . . .. . ….. Shifts of light of the blues and greens, the shimmer emerging from the depths, make my thoughts dive deep- Patterns emerge and I find new relationships and revisit old ones.

Studio Saturday - Birds and Lures

STUDIO SATURDAY- I am a morning maker. Green tea, coffee, and silence greet me every day. While in graduate school I found this out about myself and my process for making as I had to get out the door early to open a coffee shop in Baton Rouge or go teach morning print classes at LSU. Two or three hours in the early AM gave me time to unload, to paint, to create before the “other” hours of the day happened to me. Another two or three hours in later afternoon and then maybe into the evening if the heat and cocktails would allow.

Now I hit my pillow early and rise even earlier to embrace the most quiet part of my day. It works and beautiful things emerge from this practice.

The upstairs “winter” studio fills quickly with materials, coffee, and small works- Sometimes large ones too.