It’s not easy to figure out what might give readers a sense of knowing a bit about the person behind the blog, but here’s a start: I grew up in what was then a relatively rural town of 13,000 people, Sudbury, Massachusetts. I’ve been drawing and painting constantly since I could hold a pencil, and always got great pleasure from it.
I went to Sarah Lawrence College, studying art and history, and then on to graduate school in Russian history at the University of Michigan (in what? What’s an artist doing getting a Ph. D. in history? – more on that another time). I lived in the Soviet Union – St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) and Moscow – for a year doing research for my degree.
I married a man from Lebanon and had two children. Traveling to Lebanon to visit family has been one of the most enriching experiences of my life.
Through everything, I continued painting. I became very interested in art that moves, and got involved with film and animation (click on “About the Artist” for specifics).
To me, there’s nothing more captivating than the human face and the myriad expressions by which it communicates with other people. Not surprisingly, then, portraiture is among my passions.
That’s the skeletal outline. Here’s a more philosophical point:
For me – as for many artists – painting isn’t a purely visual experience. Yes, we want to create canvases that are beautiful in some way, to rivet and pleasure the eye. But we also want to engage thought, and to create emotional communication among our subjects, ourselves, and anyone who looks at the artwork.
As I was growing up, my father was proud of my artistic accomplishments and supported my artistic development in every way. While I was still too young to get into art classes, he arranged watercolor lessons for me with a local artist. Later he and my mother sent me to life drawing and other classes.
But when it came time to apply to college, my father advised me not to go to art school. “You have to find something to say before you can say it,” he said. He didn’t believe that by focusing purely on learning art techniques could I become an artist with something of value to communicate. He felt I’d more likely find something important to say through a wider knowledge of human experience.
There are, of course, many paths to creating wonderful art. Many great artists do go to art school. This blog will describe my own path, to begin with in the field of portraiture.
how to access darknet market onion link search engine
dark markets argentina darknet market list reddit
hydroxychloroquine buy online
darknet магазин сайты даркнет
most popular darknet markets 2022 Kingdom Market link
naked lady ecstasy pill deep dot web markets
onion directory 2022 darknet market noobs reddit
ссылка мега mega сайт
best dark web markets 2022 the dark web url
black market illegal drugs dark web search engines 2022
current best darknet market best dark web search engine link
dark web onion markets reddit working darknet markets
where can you buy flomax
магазин мега мега кокаин
мега onion оффициальный сайт даркнет магазин
dark web counterfeit money darknet market guide reddit
reddit working darknet markets archetyp market link
buy ssn and dob darkfox link
darknet market canada how to order from dark web
darknet paypal accounts dark web adderall
tor darknet markets guns dark market
mega onion зеркало ссылка на мегу
dark markets bulgaria darknet market reviews
valtrex 2 tablets
dark market url top onion links
how to create a darknet market cannabis dark web
deep onion links best darknet market for weed 2022
mega онион сайт darknet магазин зелья
darknet markets reddit deep web drug markets
best darknet market australia darknet drug markets 2022
deep onion links how to buy drugs on the darknet
tor market url shop ccs carding
onion domain and kingdom deep web drug markets
what is a darknet drug market like darknet buy drugs
dark markets paraguay darknet market fake id
darkshades marketplace deep web cc shop
deep web cc sites dark chart
lanoxin tablets 0.25 mg
dark markets montenegro dark web illegal links
даркнет ссылки даркнет сайты магазин
darknet market directory dark markets
darknet drug delivery access the black market
darknet drug prices uk best drug darknet
darknet market fake id darknet paypal accounts
can you buy amoxicillin without a prescription
dark market 2022 how to access the black market
darknet markets ranked 2022 darknet market drug
dark markets singapore best darknet drug sites
mega darkmarket сайт мега
black market drugs deep dot web markets