There are places that live quietly in the background of your life—until one day you return, and they open everything back up. This is Nanny Water Cottage in Laytown, County Meath. A small, stone, thatched cottage sitting directly on the sand where the sea meets the River Nanny. It’s one… Read More »Nanny Water Cottage: Where Memory Meets the Sea
I’m glad to be home. Ireland is magical, but six weeks away is a long time. It was a fabulous adventure filled with laughter, good times, and so many photographs. I returned to my roots in many different ways, both literally and figuratively. (The image above is from my cousin… Read More »Going back to my Roots
Let me show you ‘My’ Ireland. Journey with me on this adventure as we travel the backroads of Ireland and explore the most amazing scenery you can imagine. The West of Ireland is full of stunning coastline, sandy coves, twisted roads, stone cottages, lush farmland, mazes of stone walls, gorgeous… Read More »Ireland Photo Adventure
I’m a Proud Member. I email my students weekly and recently talked about the importance of being part of a Fail Club. At first it seems like a weird idea. And we joked about how we must be geniuses with all our failtures. One of the reasons I don’t spend… Read More »Fail Club
It’s Part of Who I am. It’s no surprise that I love dark and muted colors, all you have to do is look at my wardrobe. But I love the sense of comfort and security I get from wearing them. So naturally, my paintings are comprised of dark, neutral, and… Read More »My Love of Dark Colors
It’s a good life. Making a living as an artist isn’t always easy—but most of you know that already. But it’s also not impossible! I’m here to tell you that it can be done. I was working at the fire art center yesterday and I had the opportunity to talk… Read More »My Life as an artist
The magic of the Camargue. I wanted to go to the Camargue in the South of France ever since I first saw a photograph of the white horses indigenous to the area. They are iconic images. Usually running through the surf, along the beach, or in the marshes. Every time… Read More »The Story Behind the Image
Meet Frank My brother owns this image and has it at his cabin in Northern Wisconsin. This past summer when I was up there I turned the corner and found it hanging in a new spot. I stopped and took time to think about Frank and my days photographing Ireland.… Read More »The Story Behind the Image
I Paint with Beeswax and Fire. Using beeswax not only allows for an amazing luminosity that no other medium has, but each added layer of wax is fused with the layer below—just like in life, where our past is merged with our present. Working with this medium reflects life itself—messy,… Read More »Unfolding Life’s Journey
I often forget these images were shot underwater. By now the paintings have a life of their own and their origins are forgotten. The raw images in and of themselves are quite beautiful. But I only wanted to use the water as buoyancy for the clothes and nothing more. I… Read More »Yep, these images were shot underwater