WORD PAINTINGS #66 – FIFTY-TWO MONSOONS
Llano Quemado, N.M. – 27 July 2019 – This year’s monsoon season seems to be happening all around me, only one brief storm Thursday afternoon. No reason for complaint – have lived in this new studio for about ten days. Surrounded by mountains, I sit on an old railroad bench under the portal and watch […]
WORD PAINTINGS # 65 – LEAVING SANTISTEVAN LANE
Taos, New Mezico – Sunday morning, 14 July 2019. Have tried not to think too much about my departure from this place – this move was not planned – it was harsh and sudden. Two months after my surgery, I was basically evicted. AAAArgh! Santistevan Lane has been my home for 25 years – […]
WORD PAINTINGS #64 – LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES!
Seven days in the hospital and finally I was told I could go home. Said goodbye to all the wonderful nurses and aides on the Trauma Ward. Wheelchair to the parking lot and reintroduced to brilliant sunshine – clouds, fresh air. A friend drove the shortest route back to Taos. To my great surprise, I […]
WORD PAINTINGS #63 -ADIOS A LA VIDA AND HELLO AGAIN!
“And the Moon said to me – My darling, you do not have to be whole in order to shine!” Taos – 29 June 2019 – Yesterday I called my genius computer friend, Dan Kuehn, and asked him if we could revive my Word Paintings blog – I was ready to tell my stories again. […]
WORD PAINTINGS #62 – TAOS, Monday 3/11/19
A cold and rainy Monday morning. Want to stay in the cozy warmth of my little bed. Have a huge mental list of things I need to accomplish today. There is always a to do list, isn’t there? How would my life have purpose and meaning without it? Fixed a good strong cup of coffee, […]
WORD PAINTINGS #61 – BABES IN THE WOODS
We were innocents – much like an isolated Amazonian tribe that had never seen an airplane. We had no clue that Santa Fe would eventually rank second only to New York in art sales! All we wanted to do was make our art and then maybe we could show our work at jean Seth’s […]
WORD PAINTINGS # 60 – MAKING ART
75 Years Ago – Chicago, Ill. Taos 2/2019 – It is a long, long journey from wanting to be an artist to actually earning a living in that chosen field. The general impression is a dreamy person in clothes covered with paint picking up a brush every now and then and somehow a beautiful […]
WORD PAINTINGS #59 – 1969/72 REAL LESSONS IN ART & LIFE
The course of the rest of my life was set in these three important years. My children and I lived by ourselves on Kiva Road in Santa Fe. Ernie was a frequent visitor and somehow he began to complete the picture of family life for us. The children had visits to the “ranch” out on […]
WORD PAINTNGS #58 – AN ENDING AND NEW BEGINNINGS
Una Senda Desconocido – A Path Unknown Taos, 2/2019 – Last night I had a death dream. I was with a group of people who knew they didn’t have long to live. One girl stood out and we ended up having a short conversation. She asked only one question. “Are you afraid to die?” My […]
WORD PAINTINGS #57 (Kiva Rd. Santa Fe l969/72) – THE FUN HOUSE
So many, many years later I now realize that trying to raise children in a toxic marital environment can be considered abuse. In retrospect all the misgivings I had about divorce were still alive and well as we prepared to leave that pretty little, terribly unhappy house on Sombrio Drive. We moved to a small […]
