We’ve just passed the one year mark on our chosen retirement location of Pensacola, Florida. My art career has progressed pretty well. I first made some art contacts through the Plein Air Painters of Pensacola. We get together to paint on location one morning every week. My on-location painting hasn’t improved very much, but I …
Right now, I’d classify my state of creativity as coming out of a dark age. I began 2019 by staying in line with my daily poem (or at least editing some poems). I like to keep a steady routine because my mind feels more open and the ideas looser. When I know I’ll be writing, …
Three years has passed since my first guest blogpost with the Military Spouse Fine Art Network and I am so happy to be asked to share what I have been working on this past year. My year has been full of unexpected coincidences…the first of which took place in a Harris Teeter (grocery store) …
Since I last shared with MilSpouse Fine Arts Network, we have had so many changes. We moved our family from North Carolina to New Mexico, which has been a big adjustment. We really enjoy New Mexico: good food, good skiing and day spas are in abundance. Our little ones took quite a bit of time …
There is so much more color in my life. Thanks to Spain. Thanks to the artists here that create beautiful clothes, and jewelry, and paintings, and art. Art everywhere. Art on the street, theatre in the streets, dancing in the street, in the parks and plazas… Playgrounds that spark the imagination. (Oh how the kids …
What have I been up to this past year since my interview? So much! I have successfully taught Voice, Acting & The Business of the Arts at Strike It Up Artistic Center for the last year and have helped aspiring singers/actors develop their skills for auditions, competitions, college theatre programs and even how to navigate …
My first visit to France was as a young Navy wife back in 1988 or 89 as a young J.O.’s wife. There were several of us going over to meet up with our husband’s submarine where it was pulling into Brest, France. In the passing years, I’ve made it back over there 4 times. But …
Hi, everyone! I’m excited and honored to be asked for an updated interview! Travel Since my interview in June 2017 I have unfortunately traveled a lot less. It’s so much harder and more expensive in and from the US than Europe, but I try to do local or regional events as they come up, and …
We are in the process of PCSing back to the States after just under three amazing years in Spain. Here in Spain, I have been able to fulfill my three professional goals I have set for myself when we got here. I have studied bulerias, I have bought a bata de cola (the long skirt …
MILSPOFAN has asked me to update you on my artistic progress. Well, the book I’ve been gestating is 3.867% more done than it was last year. But my kids are doing well (I think…who pays attention to such things?) and my laundry-room Woodchuck is thriving. I taught her how to sort lights, darks and delicates. …