Harking back to Greek mythology, where gods and beasts merged in human-animal chimeras, I decided to try something similar. I fed photos of myself and Fritz, my golden doodle, into ChatGPT’s image generator. In one image, I chose a photo…
My painting Quest began with a video: a young woman, filmed by her brother, dives into Lake Michigan, disappears into the green depths, and resurfaces. The footage drew me in—not just for the motion, but for its searching, almost mythic…
Our group, the Artists’ Roundtable — active for about 35 years — gathers on Sunday mornings for breakfast at a local pub, where we discuss art and a wide range of other topics. Our members include painters, sculptors, and textile…
This painting shows a loosely painted view of the Sleeping Bear Dunes, 460 feet above sea level, looking west over Lake Michigan, with a now-famous blackbird in flight. The blackbird motif has lived in my mind’s eye for decades—ever since…
Many years ago, while walking in the Sleeping Bear Dunes on a snowy day, Troels and I took photos of each other. I created a montage of these images in Adobe Photoshop, and with a few tricks, produced most of…