Weekly Wrap-Up:

After the whirlwind of the Locust Grove opening, this week was about finding my way back to the rhythms that sustain me. Time in the studio, time in the garden, and time with the ideas that feed both. The magnolia painting took another significant turn. I overpainted much of the blue cloud sky, and the effect was immediate — the petals unified, the harsh edges softened, the color transitions gentled into something warmer. Now the painting feels like it’s telling me what it wants to become rather than resisting me, and I’m genuinely excited to follow it there this coming week.

A quieter joy this week: discovering my name in the Acknowledgements of Seth Godin’s This Is Strategy. I’ve studied Seth’s work for decades taking his workshops and reading his books. To have contributed in some small way to this one is an honor I didn’t see coming.

The garden is at peak privacy right now. The massive Rhododendron roseums are in full, exuberant bloom all along the property edges. I moved so many of them over the years and I think by now they’ve finally landed exactly where they belong.

Also, this week: a reminder that good tools deserve good care. In my brush-cleaning ritual after each day of painting I use Gamsol, Murphy’s Oil Soap, Master’s Brush Cleaner along with quite a bit of scrubbing keeps brushes I’ve owned for decades still performing beautifully. You take care of your tools, and they take care of you.

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This is a daily journal of my creative efforts as I prepared for my June-September 2026 solo exhibition at the Locust Grove Historical Site in Poughkeepsie, NY, and my November Solo exhibition in Chelsea, New York City.