An art residency is a time to step away from daily life and focus on your art. Residencies are sponsored by arts organizations, commercial entities, or individuals. There are many variations in location, cost, length […]
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Ars longa, vita brevis
Fresh Paint #209×9 inches Botanical monotype collage on watercolor paper©2019 Lucinda Howe Life is short,and art long,opportunity fleeting,experimentations perilous,and judgment difficult.–Hippocrates Wikipedia tells me this quote is the beginning of a medical text by the ancient […]
Painting Inspiration
I’m honored to have two of my Fauvist paintings featured in the May/June 2018 issue of Columbia Living magazine along with work by local artists Noelle Brault and Barbara Alston Yongue. The article by Rachel […]
May Day Flowers
Happy May Day to you. Thanks for your patience while I’ve been on hiatus. I’ve been sewing and doing volunteer work for Master Gardener certification, but have taken a break from writing. Have you missed […]
Taking a Break
This week I’ve been sewing. I’ve been fitting a pattern from a book called The Tunic Bible by Sarah Welch and Julie Starr. After making two muslins and being happy with the fit, it’s […]
A Room with a View
Happy Tuesday. I’m a little late with my post this week because I’ve spent most of the last week with my parents in North Carolina. My father has been in the hospital and my mother […]
Palmetto Crown
Palmetto Crown is a continuation of my series of Gelli prints featuring palmetto trees. Looking up toward the sky from beneath the tree, I notice the contrast of the solid trunk and the translucent fronds. […]
Making Progress
In my last post, I was working on several things without finishing anything. Since then, my husband and I took a few days for our annual warm weather vacation. I was very relaxed on my […]
Work in Progress
Work in progress. Under construction. Delayed. Sometimes that’s all there is. Nothing is finished. Projects are at a standstill waiting for something. That’s my story this week. It’s frustrating, but I know that eventually I’ll finish […]
Boots
I’m back to Gelli plate printing this week. As you know by now, I like painting South Carolina’s state tree, the Sabal palmetto. For today’s experiment, I decided to use a drawing of the […]