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I've visited a dear friend twice in Alaska, and had a different dear friend share images from his time there. A glorious state.
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Colorado is pretty fantastic. Whether I'm hiking and camping, visiting friends, or learning the staging part of Up With People, I bring my camera. There's a painting around every corner!
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I took a workshop in Maine from Duncan Martin, the art professor who introduced me to gouache. We spent days in Stonington, Deer Isle and Isle au Haut.
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Maryland. It's where I was born, where I "grew up" and where I continue to call home. I'm connected to the earth here. Sometimes I'm late for work because I'm taking photos of the fields or clouds or shadows.
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Michigan enticed me with it's beautiful coastline and incredible sunsets; I also have family and friends there. All great reasons to return each summer.
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I went to Vermont in 2007 to begin learning the art of bookbinding from Susan Bonthron and to take a sustainability class at Shelburne Farms.
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Nimrod Hall, regardless of its funny name, is an amazing place in Virginia where artists go to submerge themselves in the doing of art. I've returned for a blessed week in June for the past 4 years.
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Dramatic coastline and amazing rainforest of the Olympic National Forest are remarkable. Once upon a time, I spent a week out there, feeling very small!
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I spent less than 24 hours at a magnificent farm in West Virginia and was overwhelmed with the beauty. I've finally begun to paint from the photos I took.
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Canada's a big place. I've only seen a snippet; from a trip to Nova Scotia (1998?) to a stay on a friend's island in Lake Temagami (2003?). It's pretty magnificent.
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I went to Greece in 2006 for a vacation and to take a workshop with Gregory Kondos. These are some of the paintings that have come from photos I took during that trip.
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I went to Ireland in 2008 to take a workshop with Walt Bartman. These are some of the paintings that have come from photos I took during that trip.
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I went to Rwanda in 2001 and 2005 to teach art and photography in the Imbabazi Orphanage. Both trips were eye-opening, breath-taking and affirming. Children are children, pure and simple. The country is a paradise in the long process of recovering from genocide.
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In 2010 we took a short vacation to Switzerland. We stayed with friends near Lake Geneva and soaked up chocolate, cheese and beauty like sponges.
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I paint murals in private homes and public places. Clearly I have an affinity for trees, but I welcome other challenges as well.
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It's always great to get "real mail." These are note cards of a few of my paintings. In packs of six, they make great stocking stuffers, thank-yous, or house warming gifts.
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Journals are a pleasure to make, especially the paste-paper process.
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