Do you want to know what our artist members love to do when they aren’t creating art? So did I, so I asked them! This presentation “Artist Members Share Their Passions Besides Creating Art” takes us further into the lives of special artists and reveals how fascinating and multi-faceted they are.
The artists’ names will take you to their pages. Please visit their websites and contact them directly to purchase their artwork. Visit our online art gallery to see art by all of our members.
This article was published in 2020. Banner image: Painting by Barbara Brown.
Barbara Brown
“Aside from painting, writing and, increasingly, photography, I absolutely love to sing, especially with others. I sing weekly with two small groups singing harmonies with a guitar accompaniment, and I’m in our community choir, of average twenty members. As well, my husband and I come together, sometimes with friends, most Fridays for music night, amplified, with him on electric guitar and me on mic –it’s a hoot, we call ourselves ‘Legends In Our Own Minds’! There is nothing more uplifting than making music. Good for body, mind and spirit!”
Lisa Freidus
“I hear friends and clients say ‘You have many talents’! I smile graciously, but it is my belief these interests are a single gift. My love of art, interior design, cooking, baking and singing are joyfully wrapped in a box I title ‘Creativity.’ They complete my days with serenity and purpose during personal challenges. And when we apply our talents, hopefully others will become a recipient of this wondrous gift of creativity.”
Andrea Robinson
“What a great question! I enjoy working on my website – photographing my artwork “insitu”, playing with fonts, layout and colors, writing up content for social media, my blog, and for galleries. I also love playing with textile design, which I put on merchandise. Here I use photographs of my original artworks and place them on merchandise templates. I also manipulate my images in photoshop, playing with slicing, cutting, pasting, repetition, layering and color – it’s so much fun.”
Peter N. Van Giesen
“On occasion I am asked to make suggestions on new buildings or renovations. I love applying creativity to interior design as well as garden scapes.”
Nancy Staub Laughlin
“An example of how creativity continues in my life is garden design.” (Her gardens are in the archives at the Smithsonian, Gardens of America.) “Gardening is my therapeutic outlet. The pruning, weeding, adding more plant material is the perfect balance to my creative life. Needlepoint that I design and stitch is another outlet for my creativity. It is a great medium to work with when traveling, stuck in airports… When I look at my finished works that may take years to complete, I have the memories of where I was when I did them. They are so permanent and will be passed on for generations.”
What wonderful interviews with highly creative women. It really started me thinking about my relationship to my own art.You have given me much to think about.
It’s so interesting to learn what other artists enjoy doing when they’re not busy creating. Thank you for including me in this lovely article Renee.