Chimera House Artist Retreat

I spent last week at Chimera House as the first guest at this new artist retreat. Chimera House is a huge, multi-roomed and extravagantly porched circa 1890’s house in Jeffersonville, NY, in the Catskills. Before it became a retreat, the … Continue reading

Summer Idleness

Oh, goodness me. Summer is nearly over. School has started, and I am not quite ready for that puttery, creative, idle and not idle, Perfect Saturday, liberty hall time to end. But fall brings its own energy, and I love … Continue reading

American Artists Respond to WW1: at the New York Historical Society

A couple of weeks ago, I got to see the most fantastic show at the NY Historical Society on the advice of my friend Robbie Manning. The whole show was one knockout painting after the next, actually, but the painting … Continue reading