With rising birdsong, carpets of golden dandelions, and baby bunnies, spring is an infectious season where joy comes easily.
Into this season of birth and rebirth, my granddaughter Sophie was born two weeks ago and I was fortunate enough to visit soon after she arrived.
Covid also made a visit to our family. First to three-year-old Sammie, then me, and the rest of the family followed. To make life easier, I moved into a hotel.
There, I dove into You Tube videos of artists I'd heard about but hadn't taken the time to study. Some of my favorites: a wild and wonderful discussion with inkmaker Jason Logan and a documentary of the Gees Bend Quilters. I also traveled to Australia with Fibre Arts Take Two.
Back home and recovering, I realize it’s important to widen my viewing arc beyond Instagram and to nourish myself on what's taking place farther afield. For me, these new images and ideas are an important means of renewal, my own artistic spring. And that's also where many of the ideas for my Monoprint Collage with Antique Papers are drawn from. Both classes are now full, but if you’re interested in a possible fall class, please email me.
