Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now

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Category: creativity

  • Living in art

    This is a clip from a Stephanie Barrow painting, and if you want a feast for the eyes, visit her website. I confess I am biased, but I can’t help loving her art. A friend, I have watched her work evolve over the decades we have known each other. If I were to create a…

  • Renaissance woman

    My good friend Liz Engstrom has a way with words. An author, an educator, she also has a way with yarn. She made me this felt bowl last year in what seemed like no time at all, and I keep hats, gloves, neck gator, etc. in it close to the front door. Every time I…

  • In the presence of the original

    Sculptor Peter Helzer‘s Parade of Animals at the state capitol in Salem surprised and pleased me when we walked by on a visit with family last month. I had seen pictures but hadn’t been in its presence. Anyone who’s ever been confronted with an original famous work of art after years of seeing reproductions will…