The building is old and charming, and by the time I climb the four flights of stairs, I feel that I have entered a calmer environment. No matter what is going on in my life, I always walk into my studio space feeling relieved to be there.
When I visit the Metropolitan Museum, I am able to travel back in time to communicate with artists living centuries ago, and ask them, How did you do that? Why did you do that?
It is not only the quality of Rembrandt’s painting and design that comes through in this work; it is the quality of his mind and the nature of his heart.
Four painters who completed the Art Students League’s Certificate Program in 2016 are exhibiting in the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery through July 23, 2016.
I’m sure most of you have had favorite works of art that you’ve examined repeatedly over the years. They keep us engaged as great art does, telling us more with each viewing and over time we have grown to accept more with our own maturity as viewers and artists.

A Parallel Intimacy

On Familiar Ground is a two-person exhibition at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts that continues through August 13, 2016.