A number of years ago, I spent a night at The Glidden House in Cleveland, Ohio. The Glidden House is a mansion-turned-hotel on the campus of Case Western Reserve University. It has the charm of [...]

Lonely Townhouses, by Kirsten Rachford. This painting was in her architecture-themed powder room. The powder room is the only room in your home where you let a visitor go unaccompanied. That person could be friend, [...]

Fran Wood painting I acquired for $50 Everyone has to live somewhere, right? That includes famous people, artists in particular. Wherever these folks live there are organizations in their towns having fundraisers and they are [...]

American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman) by David Hockney, 1968 I’ve met only one real art collector in my life and that was more than three decades ago when I was in my twenties. My [...]

Did you ever walk into someone's home and was surprised that there was furniture and perhaps curtains but nothing on the walls? This has always confounded me. I've been in modest homes, medium homes and [...]

Kindergarteners playing with the wolf hobbyhorses they made in art class! I spent all of 2012 building tree houses for my Treehouse show that was held at the Riverside Arts Center in May [...]

After culling a gigantic herd of objects, this is my still-life self-portrait! I recently taught a self-portrait class to the kids at my studio. I didn't offer them mirrors because I was hoping [...]

  My sister-in-law created such a beautiful setting we felt like we were attending a wedding! My husband and I were walking our dogs a couple of weeks ago when I looked up [...]

I spent eight years in Catholic school wearing a uniform. I don't remember it being bad except for the skirt that did not include matching shorts. Some argue that forcing kids to wear uniforms crushes [...]

When you come across an abandoned building do you see an eyesore or a possibility? Do you think, "They should knock this down?" Or do you think, "Someone should repair this house and breathe new [...]

Do you know what a "sneakerhead" is? It is someone who collects, trades or admires sneakers. Did you know that Air Force One is not only the plane the president of the United States rides [...]

Mary Jo with her stuff and dog I have been reading a lot about Maria Kondo's magical de-cluttering book. I haven't actually read it and I don't think I need to; I love [...]