Chicago Art Talks: Insider Secrets (and What Some Artists Want You to Know While Others May Not!)
Painting by Jackson Pollack; mobile by Alexander Calder "Paint as you like and [...]
Chicago Art Talks: What’s the Big Idea?
No matter how many times I've been there, visiting the Art Institute of Chicago always feels [...]
Art in Action: How to rock it out with the wee ones!
"Aunt Stephie, um, can we paint?” This said in the softest, sweet voice that belongs [...]
Where the Road May Go Really is Up to You!
Bump, bump, bump goes the truck along the dusty road, as the vast and beautiful [...]
Inspiration in Just Being
My beloved had to work this weekend, so we desired to take the day together [...]
The Mursi people of South Omo, Ethiopia, and where an idea comes from
Shocked, astounded, visually stimulated and speechless best describes my feelings the first time I visited [...]
Art, Food, Escape, Wine, Black Star Farms and Me — YES!
Consider this your official invitation to the next Artful Retreat at Black Star Farms on [...]
Ethiopia, Day 13: Between Two Worlds
As I take rest in Frankfort overnight before returning home, I reflect on an inspirational, [...]
Ethiopia, Day 12: Beautiful, Inside and Out
I'm without words again. So filled that my heart literally feels expanded, my soul fed. [...]