Standing Tall… or not

Standing Tall… or not

Inspirations

Well, the holidays are definitely upon us and the pressure is on.  The pressure to succeed, to be professionally  “on”, to please everyone and to stand tall in the process.  Needless to say, this is the time of the year where everyone is...
True Grit – A day in the life

True Grit – A day in the life

Adventures, Encounters, Inspirations

So as promised, I often get asked on what is in the life and headspace of a working artist.  Most people think that this is a glamorous job where I am whirling in the glitter and glam of running my own gallery.  Whenever asked this – my mind switches...
Fashion, Muses and Couture

Fashion, Muses and Couture

Events, Inspirations

Paris, New York, Milan, Miami, They all have them, they are seasonal, fall, spring, summer, winter. A couture collection of designers inventing and reinventing  styles that can fill a runway.  I am referring to this thing called Fashion Week. I am truly...
Come here my little pretty…

Come here my little pretty…

Inspirations

I have been witness to several evolutionary displays of visually pleasing prepared food in my lifetime, from the delicate crustless tea sandwiches, canapes and modest petit fours that were the rage in the 1960’s. Over the period of a few decades and culinary...
Romantic Patina

Romantic Patina

Inspirations, The Art

Creativity does not just appear, one needs to be inspired and rejuvenated. When do you get inspired…? What makes you tick…? Are you creative on the fly, or is it a desire… a craving… a fad… or perhaps a need…? For most of the...
Memories of an Electric Era

Memories of an Electric Era

Adventures, Inspirations

This has proved to be one of the saddest couple of weeks that I can recall in a long time – several icons from my lifetime have moved on. It has caused for me to reflect on the now and to remember much of what I have set aside in the database of memories in my...