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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]