Upthecreek in Adams County, PA - an overview

(This is a first for me!) And who is THIS? Another artist, in the out-lands, playing hardball with a conservative area that is, inevitably HOME. I am a native of this area, yet have traveled and/or lived on the West Coast (Santa Cruz mts.), New Mexico, Florida, Vermont, Maine, and Philadelphia (Tyler School of Art) in the late '60s...whew!
I am a "paintweaver," as critically dubbed by methodical landscape painter Neil Welliver during a fellowship I was awarded at the Vermont Studio Center. (I loved this - it is now on my cards!!!) Logical, really - I have a fine arts degree in Textiles, and I specialize in Tapestry, teaching at the Manning's National Handweavers' School, as well as Painting in acrylics, mostly. My style is organic expressionism.
And I teach privately, and sometimes at Harrisburg Area Community College in Gettysburg and Bradley Academy of Visual Arts in York. I "do" mixed media, watercolor, murals....and conservation and displays, consultations. Museum studies are a second interest, and I have enjoyed teaching some local architectural and "backyard archaeology" courses.
I am just recovering from the intensity of 6 years of homeschooling (like mother, like son - the system just didn't work for us) and financially re-grouping. My studio is open by appointment - contact me through this site!
Join me in this blog, as an Art Forum; an outlet for all the thoughts that I wish I could share with other professional free-lancers, a place to share discoveries and delights in the art realm, and explorations in philosophy and life! Welcome to my world!