I really have been hiding out. If I pop up out of my safe little hiding hole, then I might not believe it. This year is a very , very good art year. And it’s just mid- May. But it is the result of few very intense years of work. I have so used […] Read More...

I think for a long time I was worried about too many silly things. The more I read online about what to write and what not to write if you were an artist , the more I just became overwhelmed and anxious when I sat down to write. Here’s the run-on sentences in my […] Read More...

Yesterday was the official opening of Artprize 2012. But the venue I was participating in, Cathedral Square had an artist’s opening on Tuesday night and it was a great time to meet other artists. I had a hard time taking photos but another fiber artist, Elizabeth Brandt, found some great pictures here: Cathedral […] Read More...

Rooflines# 6, 74×80, ©2012 Colleen Kole Details of Rooflines #6 and more details of Rooflines# 6 Statement: My composition, Rooflines # 6 , is a contemporary art quilt. This Rooflines series celebrates my fascination with the architecture of the Frederik Meijer Gardens here in Grand Rapids. The steel beams juxtaposed with the glass windows against […] Read More...

Just arrived in Vermont on Sunday for the week. I kept working on my Artprize piece the past few weeks and have driven my family mad with it. I think I am now on version #2578 of the same piece and left it half assembled on my design wall. I promised them that […] Read More...

Wasn’t there? I think the number was seven. Well, I think this is five. I had purchased small block kits at a yearly shop hop. Never made it to all the shops so I had miscellaneous blocks sitting in a pile. Once I opened the packages and saw-directions – dreaded directions- I knew […] Read More...

Yes, I am on one this week. Hustling around trying to get the computer situation fixed. My computer guy is very disorganized and has cost me lots of extra time. Customer satisfaction is everything these days…Take care of the customer seems very easy, doesn’t it? One more trip back today to return something […] Read More...

I had the day to myself on Saturday. Marc has traditionally taken the kids on a Saturaday to go shopping for me for a few hours and then he takes the kids to lunch. This year he drove to the little town where my daughter’s college is to have her join in as […] Read More...