I was honored to be invited as a guest on the Reading Berks Craftsmen’s Guild BCTV monthly broadcast, describing the upcoming May 7 Craft Fair at Renninger’s Farmers Market in Kutztown. It was a delightful experience, and I’m so looking forward to the show itself! If you are in the area, it will be May […]
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Here is a little video of Berks in Stitches, currently on display at Art Plus Gallery in West Reading. And, a link to the show: https://art-plus-gallery.square.site/berks-in-stitches And in case that wasn’t enough to pique your interest, an article in a local paper. https://smartnews.link/w/gcBs It has been really fun to meet friends and visitors to the
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For the last year or so I’ve been faithfully following a series of articles in the local paper (the Reading Eagle, which has meanwhile become one of the many “ghost newspapers” around the country, but that is another story.) The articles are really re-hashing older stories, the latest being from 2002, of the municipalities and
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I started a new series of small quilts. They are based on the 72 municipalities of Berks County. The local paper is doing a series – one of them a week, alphabetically. So far I’ve done four: Albany, Alsace, Amity and Bally. I drove to each place, and picked something to draw. Then drew it
Red Barn and Spring House is a spot I know well, as it’s right next door on my sister and brother in law’s property. They don’t use the old spring house anymore, but I like to think about how it used to keep milk and cheese cool in the warm summer months. It’s pretty muddy
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An inspiring walking tour of the murals of West Reading, newly minted treasures.
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This is another new piece inspired by walking and visiting towns in Berks County, my new home. Hamburg is the town of 3000 something that is closest to us, and this is from there. I combined a couple of locations, the church with the pointy green towers, a house, and some row houses. The background
Along with my partner Jay Ressler, I have started visiting towns in Berks County for artistic inspiration. This piece represents an old dye works in Shoemakersville. It turns out Jay’s grandmother worked at an knitting factory across the street years ago. I was interested in the textures of the brick work, and had great fun
