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You need to know pain in order to be there for someone else.Pema Chodron Oh no are we going to talk about pain?! No. Not really. Only in terms of art. We learn to express ourselves in many ways and art is one of them. Through many emotions we create… and pain just…
Christmas is a week away! It’s been an amazing holiday season so far and I can’t wait for Christmas, Hanukkah and our road trip to Tahoe for New Years! The opening for the new exhibit at Brittany Davis Gallery was this past Saturday and I had 2 new pieces exhibited. Since I…
I’m almost 60 years old and I still get to share my parents.
Raw From The Road, May 21, 2018 Salon Chair Diaries Yet, it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity. Thomas…
Raw from the Road, May 10, 2018 Beauty and Wisdom, Revisited My grandmother was a powerhouse of a woman and southern to her core. She was small in stature but, she was a giant. Every person she met on her journey was blessed and she was my biggest cheerleader…
Going home after 40 years.
Raw from the Road, May 23, 2017 Now Trending The need for an empty space, a pause, is something we have all felt in our bones; it’s the rest in a piece of music that gives it resonance and shape. Pico Iyer Do you notice how…
Raw from the Road, Las Cruces, April 13, 2017 Don’t Cry Mama Don’t cry mama It aint so bad Come a little closer I can’t see you I know you don’t like to come here much You prefer the cemetery The proper burial ground But you know my soul is…
Raw From The Road, July 12, 2016 Following Footsteps I recently did a search for famous women photographers and found a list of ten famous women. Did you know that out of the ten, five were born in the 1800’s and four were born in the 20th century?…
Raw from the Road, June 14, 2016 Oh Grow Up! If we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger – we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again. Sharon Salzberg Cathy Rigby, competitor in gymnastics in the 1968 summer olympics. She…
Beyond delighted to write the Ladies of the Valley Column for the brand new Santa Ynez Valley Star Newspaper, which will be coming out in February! The women I will write about, as in the ladies who have been interviewed for the documentary, are representative of all women and people…
It is one of my dreams to share the inspiration of others through my work, my photography and this is just the beginning. The first trailer to the Ladies of the Valley documentary is here! By first, I mean that I intend to create more than 1 trailer as there…
As a musician and artist, I have always had to promote myself. I never had an agent or any significant representation, it was always just me, marketing me, promoting me. I took myself pretty far, not as far as I would have liked, but for someone who had no training in marketing…
Tonight at Jeanie Madsen Gallery Elaine and Virginia Madsen will be presenting their documentary, “I Know A Woman Like That.” This film documents and celebrates the lively and beautiful lives of older women. Here is a link to the Film Trailer.
This is Holly. She lives in Santa Paula on a ranch. She’s beautiful, smart and friendly… We stopped on the road to admire her beautiful oak tree and chairs and she drove her tractor over to say hello. In a very short time we got to know each other… We…
Today I walked by a house and the family just moved in. The gardener stopped to let me and the dogs pass by and during that time the man of the house came out introduced himself to the gardener and offered him a bottle of water. Humanity exists right here…
View from sessions about self-image and beauty with Jeanie Madsen.We are creating change together!
For the last few months I have had the pleasure of meeting with gallery owner, Jeanie Madsen. It all started when I sent her an email a couple of years ago to let her know that I really appreciated her tenacity in her marketing and her constancy in supporting art…
We decided to try a new place to walk today and ventured to Marina Del Rey. Not exactly nature, but still a nice walk with reminders all around about what’s important in life. I believe all men are fathers…in one way or another. I am so grateful for my own…