Eileen's journal

    Spring is on the way – Color study

    I’m ambivalent about spring.  Oh, I love the warmer weather.  New England winters are lovely to look at… through a window! The other three seasons are among the reasons that we live here.
    Anyway, as an artist, I’ve noticed that winter and summer are when the clouds are most dramatic at sunrise.
    As spring approaches, the skies [...]

Featured articles

Writing and the Creative Process

This applies to art, even though it's written for writers.  No matter how you express yourself creatively, I want to ...

Discovering the Truth

Last night, I was re-reading Finding Your Visual Voice.  It's a book that steadily inspires me. The opening line of the ...

Glastonbury Tor

England's Glastonbury Tor is a mystical place. Its legends include fantastic Arthurian lore and unique Christian history. In this painting, I ...

Oil paintings

Color Study – 6 Mar 2010

It was a cloudless morning.   The colors were lovely, but I’m most inspired by the startling colors that flash across the clouds when the sun is coming up.
So, I decided to try a color study instead of anything as dramatic as my usual morning sketches.  It’s a smaller work — 8″ x 10″ — but [...]

Fabric art

Baby’s Blocks Gone Wild

In 1991, I designed and made this quilted wallhanging for a challenge in Salt Lake City, Utah. The challenge fabric was the floral that is in the Baby’s Blocks section, as well as bordering the top and bottom sections (not the actual border, which is [...]

More artwork

Happy socks!

I love this little guy, and he’s only partly finished.  He’s created from a single sock.
The stripes are woven into this cotton sock; they’re not just printed on the fabric.  That can make a big difference when designing a sock doll… though I’ll admit that the printed-on designs offer more creative inspiration, at times!
I think [...]