On MAY 4 & 5, 2024, come visit the studios and meet 10 working artists at SPRING CITY MILL STUDIOS, during this year's  SPRING ART FESTIVAL A casual way to introduce yourself to the arts, and become immersed in the creative talent in your own backyard.

I am thrilled to announce that I recently made a beautiful heirloom baby quilt for my grandchild, who is due to enter the world very soon! I wanted to create something special for my baby’s baby.

My contribution to the de Young Museum's "Pictures of People" exhibition Alice Neel (1900–1984) referred to her paintings as “pictures of people,” emphasizing the humanity of her sitters.

The Inspirational Women are on the move! For five years, I have been painting a collection of now more than 60 oil painting portraits of incredible, strong women.

12 ARTISTS | 12 COUNTY COLLECTOR PAINTINGS All 12 participating Chester County Studio Tour artists at Spring City Mill Studios have created one unique 6x6-inch framed piece of original art that will sell for $75 in order to show that art can be everywhere!

Come visit me and 12 fantastic artists during this year's Chester County Studio Tour at Spring City Mill Studios in Spring City, Pennsylvania.

Hosted by the Chester County Art Association, the collection consists of 57 oil painting portraits of incredible, strong women.

Over a four-year period, I painted a collection consisting of 57 oil painting portraits of incredible, strong women. These are women who overcame hardships, broke records and blazed trails, shattering glass ceilings along the way.

The highlight of the evening was watching the reactions of the inspirational women who were not aware that their paintings were included in the show. For example, Peggy Davis.

Join three floors of working artists and creatives as we open our doors to you and yours. Come eat, drink, visit and be merry!

 A collection of more than 50 oil painting portraits of incredible, strong women, four years in the making.

Soon you will be able to visit Spring City Mill Studios via our new website.  Spring City Mill Studios hosts more than 20 working artists and creatives - painters, photographers, weavers, printmakers and writers.

For years, decades rather, we were sailors. One summer, we ventured from our safe haven in Maryland, all the way to Block Island, Rhode Island. This was bluewater, no anchoring, all-day/all-night sailing. Huge waves crashed over our bow. I thought we were going to die.

This morning, Stay Groovy coffee mug in hand, I was reading a NYT Style Magazine article by Mary Kay Schilling about a four-story Greek Revival in Greenwich Village inhabited entirely by creative people.

Eighteenth-century English painter, Joshua Reynolds, said, “A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.”  Instantly, you know this room in the Paris home of James Cook is hung with thoughts, and beautiful pictures.

Happy National Croissant Day in the US!  My mind is in Paris where no breakfast would be complete without a croissant. I prefer my croissant au beurre (butter, no margarine) with a café Américain, while sitting at a café watching the energy of Paris pass by.

No trip to Paris is complete without enjoying the famous hot chocolate at Angelina, the 1903 tea house on Rue de Rivoli.

The holidays are not just good or bad, happy or sad. They are both. There is joy. There is pain. There is grief. There is gratitude.

My mother and the women who raised her can be credited for my love affair with cobalt blue and white china.

A DIY sugar skull painting party to celebrate Dia De Los Muertos. All you need for this project is styrofoam skulls, acrylic paint, brushes, Sharpie markers, friends and perhaps adult beverages.