A change of scene
The opening reception at the Jo Beale Gallery last Sunday was very good. Usually I don’t like my work to be hung salon style, one on top...
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Jul 6, 20131 min read
A long day, really
IMG_3354, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Yesterday Jo came by at 6:30 am to pick out the work for the exhibit at her gallery, opening...
Jul 3, 20131 min read
For the time being
IMG_3351, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. The days are very big now. It surprises me, always, how much time painting takes from my...
Jul 1, 20132 min read
An Element of Unreasonability
My exhibition at the Jo Beale Gallery opens next Sunday. I’m calling it An Element of Unreasonability. Unreasonability is not really a...
Jun 25, 20131 min read
Bliss! Once a year!
Yesterday was the first day of summer here. Yesterday my dock went into the water. Today I go in. I was tempted to sleep there last...
Jun 17, 20131 min read
It Won’t Answer When I Ask Its Name
“It Won’t Answer When I Ask Its Name, no. 3, 60″ x 60”, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. As might be expected, a few people who know my...
Jun 15, 20131 min read
The things I didn’t say
P1040353, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Often, usually, after I post I think of lots I left out. So here are a few thoughts about my...
Jun 14, 20132 min read
Fire objects
The second evening of the program, Alan had us go into the woods and find some sticks to make a memorial to an ancestor we each wanted to...
Jun 11, 20131 min read
Otherwise
P1040368, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Maybe the hardest part of coming home is being home. After so much activity, it is quiet...
Jun 10, 20132 min read
Direct Perception 2013
Back home after four exhilarating, exhausting and productive days as one of three teachers at the Direct Perception Workshop in...
Jun 3, 20131 min read
In my mind
IMG_3331, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Over the past few weeks, I’ve written lots of brilliant blog entries. In my head, that is....
May 21, 20131 min read
Sitting it out
Usually I’m not much for working sitting down, especially when I have some big paintings on the go. But for the past few days, it has...
May 15, 20131 min read
This is what I do. No apologies.
Ashburn Golf Course, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. For the first time ever, I made a comment on an on-line group thread. Someone had...
May 8, 20131 min read
Raw intentions
It’s been a marathon of painting for weeks recently. Now I can relax a little (for a day or so). Finally, yesterday, I had photos taken...
May 7, 20132 min read
Fun comes in all sizes
To many people (who don’t paint), being an “artist” seems very romantic. Forgetting the struggles of getting the painting right, getting...
May 1, 20131 min read
At the Carleton
At the Carleton, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn.
May 1, 20132 min read
But they were out of hamburgers!
James Hill & Anne Janelle, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I went to see/hear James Hill on the ukelele and Anne Janelle on the cello...
Apr 15, 20132 min read
Direct perception for a day
Ashburn Golf Course in April, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Despite the snow and cold Friday night (after all, this is only April in...
Apr 12, 20131 min read
Grand Piano Passion
Nancy M. Williams, an award-winning writer and ardent amateur pianist, is the founding editor of the online magazine, Grand Piano...
Apr 6, 20131 min read
Direct Perception next Saturday, April 13!
English: Gestalt psychology – perception Magyar: Gestalt-pszichológia alapelvei (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you are in the area...
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