Art and design are so important to our everyday lives. Think of the obvious first: clothing, jewelry, the artwork on our walls. But what about more utilitarian items like bedding, kitchen utensils, furniture, our cars? Everything around us was created and designed by someone with the express purpose of making it appealing, and in many [...]
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Late last week I finished “Bede’s Sparrow”, the latest painting in my “birds in literature” series. The flight of this single sparrow through a great hall is a tale recorded by the Venerable Bede, an English monk, in the 7th century. At this time King Edwin had met with a missionary from Rome who was [...]
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With our unseasonably warm temperatures, spring is upon us in a rush, and shows no sign of stopping. Within a few days all the flowering trees have burst into bloom: magnolias, cherries, Bradford pears, and redbuds; clouds of flowers billow in the sky. Our green, green yards are punctuated by daffodils and crocus, and the [...]
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