Category Archives: art

Beauty is Medicine

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Art for Housewives

Patrick Bringley worked at the NEW YORKER magazine. It was a flashy job that stopped shining when his brother became seriously ill and subsequently died. Grief rearranges one’s priorities. Patrick no longer felt the need for a glamorous job.  He … Continue reading →

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Landscape in Motion

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Art for Housewives

Recently I posted about making picture frames from paperback books. And here’s my first experiment. The book frame is small, c.10.5 X 15 cm. There’s still much retouching to do but it’s a quick and easy project. And I have … Continue reading →

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Playground

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Art for Housewives

Καλό Μήνα My brain won’t shut up. The world around me is making me scream and blah-blah-blah all day long. There’s only one way to get my brain to shut up and that’s to make something. Because the focused attention … Continue reading →

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Pain and Painting

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Art for Housewives

The stars were especially bright that night. They twinkled at me so I twinkled back because I was in love walking arm in arm with the man I loved. A woman on the corner of Saint-Germain des Pres and Rue … Continue reading →

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Lee Miller

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Art for Housewives

One hot morning in July of 1937, I woke up needing to hug a tree. So Hugh suggested we drive to Mougins for a brief vacation because that area of the Côte d’Azur was full of pines, olives, and cypress … Continue reading →

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