These are terrible times. People are struggling to live, to work and put food on the table. When I walk down to the farmers market by Columbia Presbyterian hospital, I walk by two food banks providing fruit, vegetables and canned … Continue reading
This unprecedented pandemic has made our interior spaces really important. I have been so grateful that my studio is now in my home. If my studio was still on Warren Street or Vestry Street, I would not have gotten to … Continue reading
Margaret Neilson Armstrong was an illustrator working around WW1. She was best known for designing book covers, and designed over 200 in the Art Nouveau style. She was considered to be one of the most accomplished and prolific book cover … Continue reading
I miss museums! I want to wander in them and draw, think, watch people looking at art. I want to get lost in learning about a time or place: I want to dive into the detail of Mughal period miniatures, … Continue reading
I have been working on a children’s book about a time when the pond that I grew up next to dried up in a drought. And so I have been looking at a lot of pictures of how people draw … Continue reading
When I was in North Carolina visiting my mother in February of this year, I drew myself in the mirror every night just to keep my hand in. The pandemic was creeping closer, but no one was masked or as … Continue reading
I have been thinking a lot about the game Exquisite Corpse, as popularized by the Surrealists. Here’s an article about it from MOMA: https://www.moma.org/collection/terms/138 The idea is that you draw or write on a portion of a piece of paper, … Continue reading
Boy, weird times, right? This has been one of the most disconcerting times I can remember. No costume work, no Broadway, everything closed up tight. So…I have been drawing (and taking Josh Bayer’s –author of THETH–Zoom cartooning class at 92Y). … Continue reading
StencilGirl® invited me to contribute a blog post this spring, and I am so happy to oblige! They are a terrific company, and there is a wealth of interesting stencils to choose from, designed by their contributing artists–bugs, birds, bees, … Continue reading
I wonder how you all are managing! I hope all of you who are not essential workers are all safe at home making art. Or bread. Or cookies. 🙂 And blessings to all of those who ARE essential workers: Lydia, … Continue reading
