There are just some days when I feel like I don't have anything to say. On those days, it's best to hide out in my tower, put on some...

I recently read Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love by Dani Shapiro as part of my research for my next novel. One of...

What I find appealing about Paul Strand's photos, especially his early work in New York, is his interest in his subjects. He didn't just...

My mother and I always spent Christmas Eve at my grandparents house. My grandfather, wearing his special red felt Christmas vest, would...

Eudora Welty was both photographer and writer, and for this she has my ultimate respect and admiration. I recently read a critical...

Thanksgiving represents for me some of my happiest growing up memories. My grandmother's house was the traditional gathering place, with...

Joan Miro, Spanish painter, once said "painting or poetry is made as one makes love--a total embrace, prudence thrown to the winds,...

Lines and shadows are everywhere. Lines are drawn from one point to another or to represent something seen or imagined. Lines are written...

Merriam-Webster Online defines the adjective abstracted as "expressing a quality apart from the object". As an artist, whether I'm...