Category: My Art

An art exhibit at a dental clinic may sound odd to some readers. But this dental clinic has been exhibiting fine art in Port Townsend for many years. They select high quality, varied work, and schedule 2-3 month long exhibits. Pre-pandemic the clinic hosted wonderful and well catered openings for each new artist. Sadly that…

For two months now I have had limited use of my left arm. I am recovering, but still being very careful what I do: no strenuous work or heavy lifting! My new series, The Surprisingly Artistic Potholes of Port Townsend, has come about through an injury. Most of my recent art work has been photography,…

This is a combination of colored pencil and watercolor on a polylitho print. It is from the a limited print edition of “Watching”. I have completed several of these prints based on a simple line drawing of a lone figure in a stark landscape. I was not enthralled (lovely word!) by the virulent (!) green…

I have not been near a printing press for several years now, having sold my small home press and dropped my membership in the local printmakers’ guild, Corvidae Press. But I have a few incomplete prints I have saved to work on, including this edition of a polylitho “drawing”. These are single pass, single ink…

I can’t help having a few further thoughts about the label & word: macabre. It is a fine word, but … making artwork that displays the sad and weary does not equal macabre! I incorporate real life, and sometimes my work shoes anger, sadness, even despair. But also hope, beauty and joy. Of course if…