Musings…

  • Springtime Puzzle

    Springtime Puzzle

    5000 piece puzzle depicting European flower scene. Framed for preservation.

  • RIP K2

    RIP K2

    Kathy is someone I owe a lot to, in terms of my art. I met her about 14 years ago and began taking classes from…

  • Barnyard surprise

    Barnyard surprise

    After 7 days in the hospital I was good to go home at last– to my family; people, fuzzies and friends– to recuperate. With the…

  • My D-Day

    My D-Day

    January 13th, after 5 days in the hospital, while awaiting my new elbow components, my poor body had had enough!

  • Elbow Revision–Part I

    Elbow Revision–Part I

    Going into my elbow revision surgery I wasn’t too phased or worried — I could practically sail through it in my sleep – or so…

  • Detroit – Part II

    Detroit – Part II

    The Mitchnick “Gang of 4” continued onward to the Detroit Institute of Arts; one of my favorite places in the city. Nancy had set up…

  • Day in Detroit — Part I

    Day in Detroit — Part I

    In December our little “Gang of 4” were treated to an incredible field trip to see Nancy’s studio at the Russell Industrial Center in Detroit

  • Bad News

    Bad News

    My doctor confirmed a small fracture of the radius bone and both components of my elbow replacement were loose

  • Diptychs

    Diptychs

    Our next assignment, and last for me, would be a diptych. Wikipedia defines a diptych as, ‘an artwork consisting of two pieces or panels,

  • How Does One Make a Body of Work?

    How Does One Make a Body of Work?

    Painted by Nancy Mitchnick

  • Historical Art

    Historical Art

    One of our assignments focused on historical art. We were to paint something that we were drawn to from history;

  • Paint

    Paint

    How do you–lay out your palette, move the paint around, mess with it and put it on?