Q: The handmade frames on your large pastel-on-sandpaper paintings are quite...
“Quartet” (left) and “Epiphany,” soft pastel on sandpaper A: I have been working in soft pastel since 1986, I believe, and within six years the sizes of my paintings increased from 11″ x 14″ to 58″ x...
View ArticlePearls from artists* # 113
Studio corner * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. In Amsterdam I saw a striking...
View ArticleQ: Do you have any favorite memories of visiting museums when you were a child?
Calder’s circus at the new Whitney Museum of American Art A: Yes, I loved seeing Alexander Calder’s wire circus at the Whitney Museum of American Art when I was a child. The circus, and the charming...
View ArticleQ: What do you see when you look back at your early efforts?
“Myth Meets Dream,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 47″ x 38,” 1993 A: I see continuity in subject matter and in medium, surely. For thirty-three years I have been inspired by foreign travel and research....
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