The Inspiration One morning about two years ago, I happened to go upstairs and saw a beam of morning sun streaming in a small window onto the floor. I quickly got a chair, a linen tablecloth out of the closet, and an old Chinese bowl that has a mended crack in the side. I took several photos, from every angle. I liked this one because of the very strong light and shadow pattern. My First Attempt I decided to begin with the bowl. It was the strangest thing. I looked at all of

From my second year of painting, I've gone to Katahdin Lake Wilderness Camps. It's a 3.3 miles hike from the trail head to the camps. The view of Katahdin from the shore is un paralleled; and often there is a mirror image of the mountain in the lake. This time I was tour leader for a group of hikers who had signed up with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy Symposium that was held at Colby College here in Maine. We also had a hike leader which was great - the heat, balancing ov