Painting in scene above, Indigo Lake, 48″ x 60″, acrylic and gold on canvas Last year at this time Bruce and I moved into our newly built home in Fort Myers, Florida in a community called Wild Blue, on Indigo Lake. Perhaps I was inspired by the poetic name, or images of electric blue

“The Swan Ride,” Oil on Canvas, 36″x48″ My painting, “The Swan Ride,” is a narrative depiction of something that happened to me as a young girl of four years old, expressed in a way that tells, in the form of a fairy tale illustration, of the frustration of a small child

“Journey of the Soul,” 24″x30″, acrylic on canvas As an artist creates a piece of work, she will often use certain objects, shapes, or colors to express narrative or thematic ideas. These things, over time, may coalesce into a personal lexicon, a personal symbolism, which

Tomorrow I will be at the hospital having my first, and hopefully only, major surgery. One of the things you must do prior to surgery, especially during the Covid19 pandemic, is isolate yourself fully. Like everyone else, I’m tired of feeling isolated and holed up. I decided that one of the

Tête-à-Tête: Chardonnay with Roses and Fruit, oil on panel, 30″x24″, by Margret McDermott This past spring I listened to the book, “Joyful,” by Ingrid Fetell Lee on my daily walks. Lee is a designer who found that certain aesthetic elements, like bright color, abundance, and

Margret with the painting of Suzanne Johnson Some painting projects flow from beginning to end without a hitch or hiccup. The dream project goes like this: conceive a composition, decide on how you want to approach it, execute. Other times, every step is a challenge. As much as I would like to live