London Diary 3—Architecture, Patchouli and The Tate Modern

My hotel was in east central London, just north of the financial district. I decided to walk everywhere rather than take the Tube.  I’m married to a Brit so go to London often and on most trips I make the round of various museums. But this time I was on business and a bit tired [...]

London Diary 2

It’s poured rain for 3 days here in Boston and there isn’t a dry basement to be had in the whole city! So a good day to sit at the computer and write another entry of my London diary. I went for 9 days to promote the book and even though I’ve been to London [...]

London Diary 1

I’m just back from 9 days in London where I gave a drawing class for the press to promote my book. It was great fun and amazing to see what people can do when they approach drawing with an open mind. But mostly I’m thrilled when I see the great, positive energy that’s created [...]

Exhibition Extraordinaire!

No sooner did I get back from London than I attended the most fabulous exhibition featuring 2 of my students who are also dear friends now, Maureen Cook and Maggie Stern, as well as the brilliant photography of another dear friend, Mark Peterson. (To see the whole of Mark’s show click on link then on [...]

London!

Yes, that’s Big Ben and I’ll be saying hello to him very, very soon.  I’m heading off to London on Sunday to promote the book and am very excited.  The trip was really just confirmed last weekend so this week I’m scrambling to get ready.
My publisher, Thierry Bogliolo, of Findhorn Press has hired a super [...]

Launched!

Last night my husband, Allan Hunter, and I had a dual book launch at The Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA—and it was fantastic fun!  We each spoke for 20 minutes as part of the Text and ConText series—Allan on his book, Write Your Memoir, and I on my career as an illustrator/artist [...]

Drawing Club

Just spent a week here in Boston with Thierry Bogliolo, of Findhorn Press, the publisher of my book, The Confident Creative.  Thierry lives in the south of France and I think we might have had warmer weather if we’d met there! (Wouldn’t that be nice?!) As it turned out, there were massive snowstorms in the [...]

Just Kids

I just  finished reading Patti Smith’s memoir.  It’s the story of the very early days of her adult life when she was exploring her devotion to writing and art with a fervor that had a lot of flair to it.
The story takes off when Patti leaves a factory job in Camden, N.J. and heads into [...]

Back in the Studio

Back in the studio after a few weeks designing websites—my new art site—www.catbennettart.com and a new site for my book (The Confident Creative / Drawing to Free the Hand and Mind)—www.theconfidentcreative.com.  It has made my head spin a bit, have to say. But now they’re up, still works in progress, of course, but you can [...]

New Project—Floppity Flop

At the end of last year I discovered gelatin printmaking through the good graces of wondrous print-maker, Julia Talcott, who gave a relief printmaking class just down the hall from my studio at the art center. I absolutely love the medium. It’s quick and expressive and easy. Well, that’s what I thought.  Last night I [...]