Seems like so long ago...

Denmark Roadtrip 2011

We have just returned to Oslo from a two week road trip through the Danish countryside.

I have posted some pictures:
Denmark Roadtrip 2011 - a set on Flickr

I try not to take the same pictures over and over, so here are last year’s pics:
Tivoli 2010 - a set on Flickr
Copenhagen 2010 - a set on Flickr

Life on the Fjord

I have finally gotten around to posting some pics of our Summer life in Norway:
Norway Summer 2011 - a set on Flickr. We don’t have much internet access (a true blessing!), so we are limited to checking email once or twice a day at most.

Yeah, I know, I have trouble holding the camera straight and I didn't take the time to fix them in Photoshop... ;)

A chance encounter

with a Luna Moth on my way past the Pine Grove to Freshmen Orientation...

Some of my IDD 2011 Graduates

“shiny happy people holding hands...”

Spare Moments...

Continuing to add to the collection. Slowly, but surely.

Happy New Year

It was a lovely end to 2010 with a long road trip through the South to visit friends and family. After stops in Harrisonburg, Atlanta, Charlotte & Richmond, we spent the night in Williamsburg for a romantic 18th century Christmas evening right as the blizzard hit. We have been hibernating since we returned to Connecticut in preparation for a very busy semester. I have finally learned, after a few decades, that it is critical to have some complete “down time” in order to maintain balance and productivity. I schedule it in now. Purposefully. Of course, everyone’s idea of “down time” is different...

In other news, some of my iPod drawings have been published in a UK drawing journal along with a short essay about the work. TRACEY: Drawing and Visualisation Research, published by the Loughborough University, School of Art and Design, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK: The Drawing and Technology Issue. I'm very pleased with the drawings, but never happy with the writing. Forgive me - I am an artist, first and foremost.

My first semester as Chair of Visual & Performing Arts has passed, but the tasks continue to mount for this next semester. I am learning so much, which is good, because I love learning. I am also being stretched and challenged in new and different ways each day, which also fulfills my desire for growth. Not all is sweetness and light - I do experience growing pains on a regular basis.

Here’s to a happy 2011, everyone. Best wishes to all.

Old San Juan Graffiti

Body Double

I’ve been feeling like I need a clone. Here she is. Almost done. There are two hours during the week when I become the student and completely immersed in something new and different. I’m auditing our new costuming class and the professor is the brilliant and talented, Tricia Thelen. This has been one of the most important ways I’ve been able to stay balanced this semester. The students are helping to design and make the costumes for the theater productions, but this dress form project has been an ongoing immersion throughout the semester - from t-shirts and freezer tape to the upholstered form you see in the picture. Each of us has constructed an identical double of our torso - custom dress forms. I have been documenting the entire process, hoping that Tricia and I can turn the project documentation into an article or something. I can’t wait to post more pictures. The process has been amazing. My classmates’ dress forms are fabulous and unique - just like they are... I had to show a little sneak peek.

Still drawing on the iPod...

Not as much or as often as I would like...

Drawing

Fresh Danish Peas ;)

Special Edition of PB’s Newsy News

Here is the special Summer 2010 issue of PB’s Newsy News from Oslo, Norway. (450kb PDF) Remember, it is written and created in one day, so please forgive the grammar and spelling. :)

Not the stinging jellyfish...

...that invaded the fjord this summer.

Pictures from Tivoli - our favorite amusement park

København 2010

Summer in Copenhagen