Art is not a thing. It is a way.

Elbert Hubbard, writer, artist, and philosopher

During my long career as a corporate communicator, I wrote handbooks and flyers, and articles about business initiatives and achievements. Corporate communications foster a collective culture, and for that reason, I enjoyed it. It fed my creative hunger, but only to a point. Now retired, I still need to fuel my creative drive. Works of art fill me with joy, whether I’m viewing someone else’s work or creating my own.

What makes something a work of art? Is it words on a page? Is it a well-designed interior or a painting? Is it a cottage garden? Is it the way light filters through a tree and makes patterns on a lawn? Art is all that and more. It’s nature and nurture. It’s what you see. It’s what you get. It’s what you love.

I live in Portland, Oregon. When I’m not being artful, I enjoy outdoor activities on our beautiful coastline, our green interior, or our spectacular mountains. With camera in hand, the photos I take are fodder for beautiful, amusing, or thought-provoking images on my Instagram page.