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I have a thing for archipelagos and the Azores in Portugal is one of my favorites. Each of the nine islands is quite distinctive in terms o...

The only inhabited isle of the idyllic Westman Islands, Heimaey is just off Iceland’s southern coast. I had spent almost a week exploring t...

Scenic Niantic, Connecticut radiates a chill vibe no matter where you wander. A mere two-hour drive from New York City, the village o...

My round-the-world travels provide endless inspiration for all my creative works, including my art, whether collage, pastels or waterco...

Unlike with my watercolors, when I’m working in collage, I prefer the surreal. Though some of these were completed pre-pandemic, the symbo...

Even my abstracts are nature based. Here the sun penetrates the sea. I see marine life in curious ways: with all their myria...

These are some of my watercolors from my many travels in Spain. While Ronda, one of Spain’s Pueblos Blancos (White Villages) has always b...

After months of sheltering at home, most people in the Northeast are craving a getaway that safe. Ideally — at least for me — that means st...

Until it’s safe to travel widely, I’m spending time painting. This is part 3 of my landscape watercolor series based on my domestic and int...