"If a child is to keep alive his sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult to share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in."
Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson
I'm ready for youngsters at my comfortable and well-equipped studio. Printable docs and forms upload below the class schedule. Click on my STOREFRONT to pay for your selection or e-mail me if you wish to reserve a spot, then pay by check when you arrive.
I'm not scheduling classes for the fall, but will happily assist an interested student or two who want skilled eyes and attention to build background and confidence in art making. Reach out to me through my contact information.
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TEACHING: I'm a retired Visual Arts and Gifted Program educator (district Teacher of the Year 2002) with a BFA from the Hartford Art School. I self-crafted my Master's program through post-graduate classes in art, teaching and writing from RISD, U of New Hampshire, and UCONN.
For twenty years prior to my career as an educator I operated an on-farm/off-grid freelance studio. I made signs, architectural models, many forms of book arts, and equine anatomical illustrations while exhibiting paintings and drawings at juried shows across the country.
“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.” ― Einstein
LEARNING: My artistry was launched with the first words I said (according to my mother): "I'll do it by myself." In response to that claim, she and my dad gave me a teeny studio with quality, grown up tools of all kinds, and access to abundant resources. Then they freed me to investigate possibilities in mark-and-meaning-making. My first attempt was making my own horse book that looked like the cave art at Lascaux---it was primitive but definitely predictive! One of my fondest pleasures from my career in teaching has been hearing students say that they can do something by themselves, even if their first belief is that they can't. Even if, especially if, they may have "messed up" on the way to engaging themselves with the world. I'm still a learner: avid student of Academic Riding, Feldenkrais, and equine anatomy. I'm still struggling with my transition to an electric cooktop instead of my beloved 1913 Glenwood C woodstove that once allowed me to be a backwoods chef.
"Play is the highest form of research." Einstein
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For twenty years prior to my career as an educator I operated an on-farm/off-grid freelance studio. I made signs, architectural models, many forms of book arts, and equine anatomical illustrations while exhibiting paintings and drawings at juried shows across the country.
“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.” ― Einstein
LEARNING: My artistry was launched with the first words I said (according to my mother): "I'll do it by myself." In response to that claim, she and my dad gave me a teeny studio with quality, grown up tools of all kinds, and access to abundant resources. Then they freed me to investigate possibilities in mark-and-meaning-making. My first attempt was making my own horse book that looked like the cave art at Lascaux---it was primitive but definitely predictive! One of my fondest pleasures from my career in teaching has been hearing students say that they can do something by themselves, even if their first belief is that they can't. Even if, especially if, they may have "messed up" on the way to engaging themselves with the world. I'm still a learner: avid student of Academic Riding, Feldenkrais, and equine anatomy. I'm still struggling with my transition to an electric cooktop instead of my beloved 1913 Glenwood C woodstove that once allowed me to be a backwoods chef.
"Play is the highest form of research." Einstein
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