Seeking Enlightenment

The View from Here #5: Quieter Than Silence (Oil on canvas 36×36 inches) is my newest painting. Experiencing the pandemic has forced a reduction of activity and noise.

Now that my exhibition has passed and I have a fresh supply of blank canvases waiting in my studio, I’m in inspiration-gathering mode.

As the Civic Orchestra of Jacksonville season comes to a close, so does my time as Artist in Residence. The past year has given me great memories, new relationships, and the opportunity to develop new skills as an artist.

The fiber artist in my life, Ann, has recently been getting to know my niece B.J. This relationship has been building in a crazy round about way.

I have been going to the same hairdresser for seventeen years, just two blocks from my home. I really like Joe, and he seems to like visiting with me.

Nightfall in St. Cloud (above) by German artist Gabriele Munter was painted in 1906. It was part of an installation French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950 at the Cummer Museum this past summer.