Artist Journal

Video journal new beginnings
Video journal new beginnings
I launched a video blog of my artist life on YouTube. As I am learning the art of virtual conversation I include here unedited thoughts that are particularly timely over... Read more...
Community Blues Perspective
Community Blues Perspective
                                         'Community Blues' Our world is changing rapidly. While naivety still resides in our hearts, with its quiet protection it gives us imagination, dream, belief of... Read more...
I want to celebrate what it is to be human. I want something to believe in.
I want to celebrate what it is to be human. I want something to believe in.
I write this while in self quarantine. It’s a view on my life over these past weeks. My escapist self heads to my garden as sun warms and encourages new... Read more...
My France visit from September to December 2019.
My France visit from September to December 2019.
My France wanderings take perspective as a broader written story fill-in detail of my visual interpretations. My France visit from September to December 2019. Deepening into this old land, travelling... Read more...
Farewell Carcassonne Southern France
Farewell Carcassonne Southern France
Carcassonne, the old encircled city of fairytale proportions is our final destination while here in The Languedoc. Souvenir shops and restaurants open for business yet few tourists about, we are... Read more...
Three months of wanderings in France
Three months of wanderings in France
 Months of wanderings in France, my blessings indeed. Stock taking allows satisfaction to seep into my pondering while reminiscing on highlights of a journey. Dozens of painting sketches, Facebook... Read more...
France continues to inspire.
France continues to inspire.
We settle into our new home for the next six weeks, Poilhes near Beziers, 25 minutes from the Mediterranean.     We chose a tiny village house by the Canal... Read more...
The south west of France, its countryside has been our wandering
The south west of France, its countryside has been our wandering
The south west of France its countryside has been our wondering since mid September. Our roots a tiny stone cottage in a small hamlet in The Department of Le Lot... Read more...
Market morning in Souillac
Market morning in Souillac
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A sketch becomes a Saturday afternoon
A sketch becomes a Saturday afternoon
A sketch becomes a Saturday afternoon while I get lost in thought. Painting France from my little centuries old farm house in Le Lot is a meandering remembering visual of... Read more...
An afternoon with sunflowers
An afternoon with sunflowers
Sunflowers in bloom and sunflowers spent. Fields fall away to fields as far as one can see. Thrilling to still see blooms the beginning of October! - Jill  Read more...
Monet Inspired a Pilgrimage to Giverny France
Monet Inspired a Pilgrimage to Giverny France
For two days, night was day as we slowly allowed our bodies to adjust. Giverny was the perfect place to wonder the back lanes anticipating yet another visit to one... Read more...