Fourth Time’s A Charm!
The first time I saw Camogli was nothing more than a quick glimpse from a train in 2006… and I was smitten. As the train to Milan slowly pulled into […]
2021 Drops Of Inspiration
At the beginning of this new year, where is my heart taking me? To an artist’s house, high above Spoleto Umbria, on a sacred mountain visited often by St. Francis. […]
A Short Year-End Reflection
This past April, I bought a gratitude journal… my first ever. I bought it because I could feel myself slipping into a darker place as the pandemic rode its first […]
A Painting For Sam
What things turn up most in your travel photos? In most of my photos, there are buildings or parts of buildings because I love architecture. I have a worldwide traveller-friend […]
Nice Harmony
Have you been to Nice, France? What were your impressions? People rave about luxuriousness of the city, being a Riviera hotspot. But I was most impressed by the volume of […]
A Signature of Italian Summers
When travelling in Italy, let it be known that we brake for sunflowers! Whenever we find a field, it’s very common for us to pull our rental car over to […]
Sunday Morning In Orvieto
Mother’s Day, 2017. Orvieto, Italy. I’m alone and missing home. I awake early and decide not to linger over coffee, but instead head out into the streets to explore and […]
County Roads, Take Me Home
The best journey takes you home. My art practice is inspired by travel, specifically recreating those travel moments where I (and others) have been moved by memorable encounters and extraordinary […]
Blossoming
There’s so much I want to share with you about my latest miniature, “Eiffel Blossoms”. About how I nearly fell off the open-air sightseeing bus to take photos of this […]
Forza Italia
Watching the news coming out of Italy is heart-wrenching and surreal. If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know that I’m deeply in love with Italy. I have painted scenes […]
Taking My Sweet, Sweet Time
During a summer day the five towns of Italy’s Cinque Terre can be bustling and crowded, but once the day-trippers and beach-goers depart, these towns take on a very different […]
A Fisherman’s Door
SEA You challenge time since the dawn of the world. These words were carved in Italian into the stone plaque beside this door facing the docks in the beautiful seaside […]
