Category: Artwork
May 2026 – Spring Gardens
A reflection on the gardens, parks, and cultivated spaces that have inspired my watercolor work this spring, from Lancaster County to Lower Manhattan.
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Year of the Fire Horse
My personal animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiacal calendar -- something predetermined by the moment of my birth -- is the snake.
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The Painted Palimpsest
Just as not every piece of writing is worthy of being preserved or published, so there are painted marks on paper in my studio that were supposed to have been paintings but that have absolutely not met the standards of the house...
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Explorations and Excavations
Alice Crafts Shaver, 1914 – 2003 Archives, as distinct from libraries or museums, are depositories of specific collections of information or objects that may be of historical or cultural significance. Libraries are more likely to focus on published materials, and…
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Art Historian as Artist’s Model
In 1982, I was invited by the late Sylvia Sleigh to pose for a painting as the Greek goddess Aphrodite. And I accepted my first and only venture into an artist’s studio as a nude model. In the painting I appear…
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Architectural Monotypes
Notre-Dame de Paris, monotype and Inktense pencils 1/2, 10” x 8,” 2025 Monotype is a printmaking medium that makes use of an inked plate — typically copper, zinc or Plexiglass — to create one or two impressions of a drawn or…
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Autumn Offerings
This has never been my favorite time of year, but it does have its good qualities, especially in the realms of light, color, temperatures and amazing things to eat. As the air conditioners are now removed to winter storage, as…
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Elizabeth Street Garden, Manhattan
The Elizabeth Street Garden in Manhattan’s NoLiIta neighborhood continues to be in the middle of a raging dispute. Those who want the land for development are opposed by many people who have pointed out that the city has many other…
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Mother’s Day Offerings
I’ve been told on good authority by someone who grew up in a family of florists that Mother’s Day engenders one of the busiest seasons for those in the flower business. If you’d like to avoid a seasonal rush but…
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Ultramarine Blue Offerings
Continuing our stroll through the spectrum, we suggest spending time contemplating ultramarine blue, which has become my own favorite color since satisfying my need for green pastures in elementary school. The word ultramarine comes from Latin: ultramarinus — meaning “beyond…
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Valentine’s Day Offerings
Feeling as I do, that pairs of beings other than just humans can benefit from each other’s proximity, I’ve included here some twosomes of flora and fauna, as well as a few pieces whose palettes of pinks, peaches and reds…
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