Substack! Is it a blog, or a newsletter, or a new form of social media? Well, it’s all of the above, and it’s a place to share ideas with others, to meet interesting writers, gardeners, mystics, Tarot readers, and restorers of habitat. Why do I write there and not in a plain newsletter? Because I want to meet new people, and get outside of my known circle of supporters. It’s the same reason really that I have this website, and in linking the two, I’m making sure you can find me easily, keep up with what I’m doing in the studio and outside my four walls. I am also a Tarot reader. These three areas of my life are deeply integrated, each one informing the other. When you subscribe to The Hidden Pond, my weekly newsletter aka blog, you’ll receive an email notification whenever I publish. Use the link below to subscribe. I hope you’ll join me each week as I write a new post.
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Conversations Across Time: Early Work
Seeing chives greening up and buds getting ready to leaf out has me thinking about past springs, when I first came to Maine, and that spring after I moved from Belfast to Lincolnville. Time -- as they say -- marches on, and since it's been more than 30 years that I first walked Lincolnville Beach and really doubled down on painting, I've decided to devote this newsletter to a look at where I was back then, as well as what I think about now when I start a new painting.
Sketchbook: The Live Oaks in South Carolina
As I drove from the Savannah airport up to Beaufort, South Carolina, my first impression of the Low Country was that though it's coastal, it is the opposite of Midcoast Maine. So while I was painting and drawing, I thought a lot about sustainability and creativity.