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Here's what happened today,,,,a bit of a poempainting that sings to me about how it feels to be walking along the shore as the tide is bouncing in, mixing with your toes and legs, and sometimes even covering you right up in all those foamy curls! I was trying for mostly light tones, so it feels really different and the drama has to happen through the wild brush strokes rather than that play of light and shadow. So fun!



This one includes a homemade frame made in our wood shop with love!

About a year ago now, something wonderful happened. I'd been going through an increasingly challenging time with my health, which has been a major teacher in my life, and was being brought to my knees by the experience. When my dear friend and partner Fred encouraged me to take up art, I was touched by an excitement that was like a thousand smiles singing inside me! I've always been an adventurous one,,, artistic, musical, and a great lover of spontaneous play. For much of my life, I've made my living as a luthier, specializing in unusual, made-up violin family instruments, as well as a whole host of flutes, harps, marimbas, tile-a-phones, etc. etc. But until last year, I'd never spent much time with a paintbrush, or let myself be...