Back from London

The London Business School invited my husband to be a visiting scholar for a couple of weeks, and I got to tag along. We recently returned from a wonderful trip to London. It's an expensive city (yikes!), but well worth the journey. Fantastic Indian food! And we did many of the typical tourist things, such as visiting St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and a stroll along the River Thames.

We had delightfully mild weather. In fact, I wish that I would have packed shorts. With very little rain and several days of sunshine, I picked up lots of inspiration for new work that you'll see in the coming months. There was the expected, such as Big Ben, and then there were some unexpected things. I can't wait to get back to work with these ideas.

Tomorrow I'm going to have some additional lighting installed in my studio because the grey days of Pennsylvania's notorious winter are already upon us. Snow is in the forecast already. Ich-h-h-h. But I've taken some time this month to rest and regroup after a busy show season and I'm looking forward to settling back into my work during cozy winter days here at home.

October - Rest and Rejuvenation

Central Pennsylvania's Black Moshannon State Park kicks butt during the fall

Fall is here. This means two things. First, my summer art show season has concluded. Secondly, the splendor of central Pennsylvania fall foliage is in full swing.

I am grateful for what has already been a very successful year despite the turbulent economy and I want to thank all of my collectors for their support. Although I've made tracks throughout central Pennsylvania to paint on location and gather source material of fall colors for my landscape work, I'm currently preparing for my first visit to London. I anticipate capturing many great cityscape ideas while I'm there as well as taking the time to recharge my creative batteries with museum visits and great Indian cuisine.

Please stay tuned to this web site later this fall to be the first to see the new works that come from this month of rest and rejuvenation.