WORD PAINTINGS #56 (Taos – 1/26/19) – CEREMONY
Before I dive into more memories of the past, just one more post in the present tense. Once the decision was made to focus more on my art life, I discovered a whole new perspective – clarity. This is certainly a surprising adventure! At the beginning of each New Year I begin my daily practice […]
WORD PAINTINGS #55 – Taos 1/22/19 – HIBERNATING
Wakened to another snow storm this morning….wind blowing, hints of a blizzard. Made a great cup of coffee and crawled back into bed. Yesterday my friend Doug and I went to Orlando’s my favorite New Mexican restaurant – enchiladas with red and green chile! Perfection! Back at the studio Doug took the above photo – […]
WORD PAINTINGS #54 – Taos, 1/10/19 – “MORNING WORDS”
Up early. The sun rose through a bright yellow band of clouds over the mountains towards Pecos. Joyous! Worked all day yesterday to prepare the house for some rather serious hours at the easel. Coming out of the longest period of “creative work block” I can remember in all the years I have been […]
WORD PAINTINGS #53 – TAOS, 1/7/19 – TAKING STOCK
“No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of the night. We know that every moment is a moment of Grace, every hour an offering” – Jakob Shekaneder Life without drama is a gift from a chaotic universe. It doesn’t happen every day, but when it does, […]
WORD PAINTINGS #52 – Jan. l, 2019 – Taos, New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico – 1 January 2019 – Snowflakes the size of nickels this morning! They float silently; I am floating with them. Thinking of last year at this time – no snow at all! Talk of drought, forest fires….collective panic. Not this year!! These little puffs of clouds are landing on what was another […]
WORD PAINTINGS #51 – KIVA ROAD 1969-72
Once I faced the financial disaster it looked as though bankruptcy was the only answer. My friends urged me to clear it all out and start over. This didn’t feel right to me. It was impossible to know what the future held in store, but it was a no-brainer for me to decide to pay […]
WORD PAINTINGS #50 – 1968 – JUST THE FOUR OF US!
Do you ever ask yourself “what if?” – What if my husband had been faithful and true and we never had to escape to New Mexico? What if my father was open to helping me when my husband threatened the four of us and I had packed up my babies and moved back to Chicago? […]
WORD PAINTINGS #49 – 12/12/18 – FROM MY TAOS COUCH!
Taos, N.M. 12/12/18 – Just read somewhere that it is incumbent upon women of a certain age to tell their stories. Wonder why? After posting the notes from my recent “Sentimental Journey” starting at Pilar and traveling all the way to the horse ranch on Llano Quemado near Truchas town, I stopped writing for a […]
WORD PAINTINGS #48 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Part VI – A DOLL’S HOUSE
Our last stop on my trip to Truchas late last month – the huge horse ranch at the end of the road. That first day so long ago I remember standing in the middle of the enormous wooden horse barn thinking “Where am I? Who am I and what am I doing here?” The reality […]
WORD PAINTINGS #47 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART IV – MAYORDOMO OF TRUCHAS
Drove through Truchas two weeks ago and it brought back so many memories of the first time I moved to the horse ranch on Llano Quemado next to the Land Grant from the King of Spain. I have alway referred to it as “suburban Truchas”! We drove up from Santa Fe on September 17th, 1982. […]
