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.
ruonion carding deep web links
darknet selling drugs cheap darknet websites dor drugs
mega market darknet магазин зелья
best darknet market for heroin deep web software market
onion sex shop darknet market place search
dark web directory darknet sites drugs
darknet markets onion address crypto darknet drug shop
0day onion dark web xanax
dark markets australia dark web markets 2022
мега вход мега онион
deep net links darknet markets that take ethereum
darknet markets list 2022 best darknet drug sites
how to order from dark web darknet drug prices
cannahome we amsterdam
drugs on deep web darkshades marketplace
top onion links dark web store
deep web market links reddit market cypher
top darknet markets dark web link
mega зеркало магазин даркнет
deep web search engine 2022 darknet markets 2022
bohemia market link best working darknet market 2022
магазины даркнета мэги сайт
how to get to darknet market safe buy bitcoin for dark web
darknet market links dark markets united kingdom
deep web shopping site uncensored hidden wiki link
links deep web tor
deep sea darknet market shop ccs carding
dark markets canada darknet markets that take ethereum
ссылки на даркнет зайти на мегу
reliable darknet markets lsd dark web legit sites
grey market link darknet drugs sites
darknet market alaska darkweb sites reddit
bohemia darknet market guide to using darknet markets
mega onion магазины даркнета
dark web onion markets best darknet market reddit
мега сайт ссылка магазины даркнета
darknet markets japan how to find the black market online
alphabay market darknet darknet wiki link
onion darknet market credit card dark web links
сайты даркнет мега сайт ссылка
darknet market links reddit best darknet market reddit 2022
versus project darknet market new alphabay darknet market
dark web uk dark markets ireland
active darknetmarkets phenylethylamine
darkmarket list deep web canada
darknet markets deepdotweb onion domain and kingdom
магазин мега ссылка на мегу
buy drugs online darknet dark web engine search
darknet market vendor guide dark web shopping
online drug market dark web hitmen