I have learned that as an artist, if you take commissions you have to be ready for an adventure along the way. And sometimes the adventure is epic, spanning a much longer timeline than you could ever imagine. Two years ago, in the spring of 2022, a man who lives in my community in Florida told me [...]
Bruce and I at the Chagras National Park near Panama City, Panama. When I travel I usually bring a sketchbook and try to spend time trying to capture the feel of the place. It serves as a journal, reminding me later of special times in a more personal way. Before leaving on my last big trip I took [...]
Laura Daluga AFID and Brian Skol, Meadow Brook Hall, Rochester, Michigan I have been surrounding myself with beautiful blooms as I work away at a series of paintings featuring orchids and post one botanical photo each day on my Facebook page. In line with this, I took a “floral [...]
Laurie Tennant with the Belle Isle Conservatory in the background On an overcast Sunday morning a few weeks ago, I crossed the MacArthur bridge over the Detroit River to Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. I found my way to the glass-domed Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory and met up with a small [...]
The first light of the morning glows dimly over the horizon. The light from my reading lamp makes up the difference and illuminates the blank pages of the lined notebook open on my lap. The only noise in my snug studio is the slow tock-tock-tock of a clock on the desk. I sip my coffee and close my [...]