Project 24: Something Old, Something New
Bernie Rink of Boskydel Vineyards and me It was a day for the old and the new, starting my day at Brengman Brothers [...]
Project 24: Photo Highlights from This Week (Part 2)
More scenes from my first week of adventures on Leelanau Peninsula for Project 24! Tastes of Black Star Farms is one of my favorite [...]
Project 24: Photo Highlights from This Week (Part 1)
Some sights from around my first week on Project 24 ... Meeting the new owners Mark and Danielle at Silver Leaf Winery! I expect [...]
Project 24: Where a Passion for the Land, Wine and Art Collide
Shazam ... and Project 24 is off and running. It was four years ago that I started painting the Michigan wine trail, and the first vineyard I [...]
Introducing … Project 24
To make you look at things in a different light. To reveal what's beyond the visible and enter the spirit of a place. Going right [...]
Leelanau County: A 500-Word Guide to Experiencing the Splendor
My breath was completely taken away, I was in complete awe and I also wondered: Am I on the moon? Or is it the Sahara? [...]
A Plein Air Day on the Leelanau Peninsula
The Iris Farm on M-72 Muchacho Libre is my assistant this week "On the Michigan Wine Trail." Well, not so much my assistant [...]
Brightening the Building at Chateau de Leelanau
Follow me as I transform the southern wall of Chateau de Leelanau's tasting room in Suttons Bay, on Northern Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula, from a bare [...]
Magic Places and Enchanting Space
When driving to my beloved Leelanau Peninsula from Grand Rapids, the closer I get, the more my blood pressure drops. I can feel it. I [...]
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 March 23, featuring gourmet food, wine, relaxation … and an [...]