Last month I took Lauren Levato’s second workshop: “Moths and Moon Flowers.”We ended it at the Field Museum, which was a blast. This time, we were treated to a field trip within the museum to visit a live Peregrine Falcon, Molly, who was there to educate a group of Audubon Society members. She was surrounded […]
“I wanted to free up my brain space and my time to make art that is not just remarkably executed, but simply remarkable.†~ Lauren Levato Lately I’ve seen a lot of crowdfunding activity for local projects. Crowdfunding is an online fundraising method through which startups, artists, and organizations request donations that are put toward a […]
“I am a firm believer in drawing as a way of understanding the world. Drawing is thinking.” ~ Milton Glaser Over the past month I’ve been taking Lauren Levato‘s Botanical, Butterflies and Beetles drawing workshop. You may have noticed that although I took a drawing class in February last year, no drawings have emerged since […]
“This Saturday, 14 unsuspecting souls will be coming to visit my studio …dunh, dunh, duuuuunnnnnhhhhhh!†~ Lauren Levato  This was the warning posted on Lauren Levato’s Facebook page, incidentally the day after my sister-in-law announced it was Health Care Decisions day and urged everyone to get their living will in order. Now if I […]
