I responded to the "Call for Art" to create a piece in response to Van Gogh's

Starry Night. It is a mixed media piece using acrylic paint and collage.

The show will be April 26, 2012 at the Town Club in Sanford, Maine.

It is a benefit for Counseling Services Inc.

I am always amazed at the intimacy of copying someone else's work. It becomes an

experience of being that artist and feeling what that person must have felt. More on this later...

Timber Point mussels 3"x 3"

Timber point mussels

Walking Timber Point of Goose Rocks Beach, I found mussel shells in heaps and felt

compelled to pick them up. Once home I began to paint them and felt a connection

to my Long Island home and my mother who passed away a year ago. Painting them

has given me great joy. They can be seen at The Hive, Main Street Kennebunk, an

artists' collective I belong to.