Some details and the full image of a piece I finished up for last weekend’s Open Studios event. The paper size is 22 in. x 28 in., so huge (for me) and required leaning over a large table, painting at awkward angles for a-g-e-s. But it was worth it. Painting like this slows and steadies, which is always a good thing.

If you’re in or around York, Maine, I’ll have some pieces in the Yuletide at Old York show.
I’m two thirds of the way through Miss Ranskill Comes Home. What initially feels like a saccharine mid-century women’s novel is actually a shockingly perceptive look at society in its darkest moments. The novel has its laugh out loud moments, for sure, but also plenty of deeper ruminations.
My latest travel obsession is Bergen, Norway. And feeding that obsession, is this Instagram account. Sidenote: Ancestry tells me that I am mostly Irish, slightly Polish, but at least 8% Scandinavian, so I guess the heart DNA wants what it wants…