Wrapped Trees....

For years I have been documenting wrapped trees and bushes--especially fig trees. Here is a photograph I took in New Jersey of a line of trees that remind me of soldiers in a row...

Max (in Apron)

Just one of the "Men in Aprons" series... Max (Pierre's nephew)

admires himself in the mirror. I love his reflection...This was taken in apartment 3-F--Pierre's first apartment in Randall House--back in the day. Max now lives in California, but as happens in divorces, we have not stayed in touch.

Thinking about...

..,past relationships--marriages even. Mistakes I made...what I didn't see or overlooked...who I was then and who I am now. Why does wisdom take so long to kick in for some people? I am trying hard to not have regrets. Is that possible, though? I am content with so much in my life and discontent with, well, just a few things! Should I deny this? Toltec wisdom is some help--don't take anything personally, never assume, listen to and be your word(s), and always do your best. What about being content? If you are 100% feeling it, should you fake it? No. So the messy journey continues...

Reflectons in Florence...

Find the architecture in the puddles...love painting puddles, love looking at the sky in them...love photographing them...

New Book Soon to be Born....

This is the subject I am presenting at the National Art Education Association Conference in New Orleans later this month. It's a book I wrote

that contains design teaching problems for elementary and middle school students, with some humor and fun to get the creative juices flowing. With luck, it will be out this fall!

Study of...

Sometimes we don't look at things closely enough. If we do, we see things others don't. And one of the jobs of an artist is to point the way. What you see here may not be what caught my eye, but no matter. I made you look (the child's gleeful shout) and my work is done for the moment.

What is in the eye of the beholder....?

This is a detail of a vintage shirt....of bananas. Hmmmmmm. What do you see?