Mr. Roth according to Mr. Roth
A few days ago, I went over to my friend, Danuta’s, to watch a documentary on Philip Roth. She had taped it, knowing how much I like his...
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Dec 29, 20131 min read
It’s going to rain tonight
IMG_3846, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. All will be a skating rink. #Rain #Weather
Dec 25, 20131 min read
Merry Merry
P1040564, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. It’s been snowing gently for about eighteen hours and it doesn’t look like it wants to stop!...
Dec 23, 20131 min read
Why not visit Santa!
This, so far, has been the best part of the holiday season: Lila visiting Santa! Her vet had a Christmas party for the animals. We even...
Dec 18, 20131 min read
Ten years!
P1040579, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Today is the tenth year anniversary of my blog. I started writing here ten years ago....
Dec 17, 20131 min read
What is abstract
In my class last week, one of my students asked an interesting question: in an abstract painting, how important is it for there to be no...
Dec 16, 20131 min read
Painting news
IMG_3802, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. It’s been quiet on the painting front for about a week. At least, until today. I finally had...
Dec 10, 20131 min read
A foggy day on the golf course
IMG_3764, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Now that the weather has turned, I can take Lila to the golf course for a run (her run, I...
Dec 9, 20131 min read
A day at the beach
IMG_3734, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. A couple of weekends ago, I spent a cold, sunny Saturday afternoon at Hubbards Beach. My...
Nov 16, 20131 min read
Hope Blooms
Daylily, July 7, 2010, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. People are still talking about it. The young kids from lower income families...
Nov 11, 20132 min read
Got the blues
IMG_3592, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. A little over a week ago, some people contacted me to say they really liked my work,...
Nov 1, 20131 min read
The Boss
IMG_3718, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Every time I think I know, have an idea about what I am going to do with a particular...
Oct 28, 20132 min read
The view from here
This morning I woke up thinking I love my life. With the sun streaming in my big windows overlooking the lake, I had to put sunglasses on...
Oct 27, 20131 min read
On the trail again
IMG_3636, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Once I got the okay from my eye surgeon, I hurried into my studio and, of course, overdid...
Oct 11, 20132 min read
I must have a thousand photos of sunrise over the lake
Three days past Tuesday and I still have rubber legs. Still need to cover my right eye most of the time. We have had such glorious sunny...
Oct 10, 20131 min read
Updated vision
Tuesday I had my second eye surgery. Cataracts are gone; vision is perfect. It still amazes me how much I didn’t see before. It’s a...
Oct 7, 20131 min read
Ask me nothing
It was a very full weekend. Studio rally time, again. And the weather was perfect. I had an almost continuous studio full of people...
Sep 29, 20131 min read
Too far; too soon
Wednesday, we started talking about what it means to go to far–in a painting. My answer was: often it is when you haven’t gone far...
Sep 27, 20131 min read
Cure fear with fright
Rosamund Street viaduct as seen in 2002 opening credits of Coronation Street (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For years I have been a more or...
Sep 26, 20131 min read
It sticks
Somehow, we started talking about abstraction yesterday. Well, not unreasonable, as it is an abstract painting class. One student, Beth,...
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