Author Archives: alice

Fortunately, this blog is designed as a ‘sometime thing’ or else I would have to explain my absence from these pages over the past several months.  Perhaps I’ve just been too busy to post!  One of the projects that kept … Continue reading →

  Ah, yes, that is a phrase that is much used in making art. We experiment, play, try to get out of our comfort zones.  Are the results pleasing?  Is this better than that? These are the decisions that define … Continue reading →

The egrets left the Preserve some years ago and may be returning now. A few weeks ago I saw one; just days ago, there were five frolicking around in the refreshed treetops. But the black crowned night herons never did … Continue reading →

Right out of the box, I’m going to send you to an eagles’ nest. It’s in Decorah, Iowa.  The Decorah Eagles recently hatched their third egg.  Will it survive? Will any of them survive?  The site has held me(and my … Continue reading →

What’s this? A new palette? Nice crisp watercolor paper. Pristine photographic printing paper. I use these to explore and perhaps create art. Can it be all that difficult to explore by forming words with pixels? Where will this blank slate … Continue reading →