On the Way

This morning I finished tweaking the drawing book, wrote a letter to the publisher I’m offering it to and sent it on its way.  I am truly happy with it and when I finish all the art I will be even happier.  The publisher has written back already to say he will read it [...]

My Man

Here’s another drawing for my drawing book. I love my man. I drew like this for many years when I was an illustrator. It’s pretty amazing now to think I raised my children and paid the rent doing drawings like these. I do other sorts of drawings now but when I [...]

Drawing Along

Here is one of the drawings I’ve done for the drawing book.  I have about thirty more to do but only a few more this week.  I’m pleased though that I’m focusing just on this.  It’s so much better to do total immersion in a project than to try to juggle a couple of things [...]

Slow Sunday

Sunday, slow Sunday. Saturday night is for friends so Sunday is slow and slower. Still we went for a spring walk and caught our first sight of brave crocuses in someone’s front garden. I’ve declared it spring here in Boston and have packed my heaviest winter sweaters away until next year. [...]

Wisdom, The Book

I received a note today about this book and film by a young man named Andrew Zuckerman.  He’s interviewed a raft of people prominent in art and politics over the age of sixty-five about wisdom.  He thinks we’ve spent so much time in the media focusing on young people and it might be time to [...]

The Now and The How

Everywhere we go these days we hear stories of hardship.  People say softly that so and so has lost his job or that business is off.  We’re going through a global transformation, letting go of greed and coming to know the beauty of living simply.  Artists are often good at that—we’ve faced these kinds of [...]