Based on a book shop in Arles I will be visiting some old French study group friends  who asked me to bring  some of my pict...

Going to Boston means going sketching.  Above, the MFA permanent Impressionist Gallery,  a place  of familiarity & comfort f...

Looking East to the Camden hills from route 52. For me, i t's one of the most beautiful backroads in Maine. It's all th...

This summer, I've been traveling some  Maine backroads.  Destinations: Augusta, Camden,  Appleton, Rockport. Portland, Fr...

A little collage to wish you all a most playful summer!

I always associate lavender with France, Italy & England. But yesterday we visited a Maine lavender farm!   After a beautiful rid...

You hear a lot about the Maine Coast... Lobsters, lighthouses, islands, & sailboats... But Oh!  The mountains & lakes in ce...

 A view from the window of the Camden Library. A very quick sketch (above)  from an even quicker  sketchbook sketch (below).   Abo...

While on the phone my brain is busy,  and it leaves me alone to play...

"What are you making ?" asked her mother,  "other than a mess." The child didn't answer. She put do...

One of my biggest pleasures,  during our annual May trip to Québec City,  is to hang out in cafés.  Le Paillard is a "café-bou...

My former city's Old Port Exchange,  looking up Exchange Street from Fore.  I love coming down here for coffee at 6...

In my previous post I might have been a little harsh,  referring to spring blossoms as "Drama Queens".  It was my pollen f...

Quick-y-very-quick-sketch. Young leaves are filling in fast.  They are even more yellow-chartreuse-y  than I painted them. T...

9 Bikes, 9 Bike Memories 1. That first magical moment, was I six years old? when the bike, the ground & little me, minus trai...