I'm in the corner
watching you kiss her oh oh oh I’m right over here Why can’t you see me? Oh oh oh I’m giving it my all, But I’m not the girl you’re taking home I keep...
Inspirations abound
I have been fresh off the end of a class that ran from January through May, another teaching engagement that involved travel and whilst all that was going on...
Tending the graves
“Would it be useful if I connected you with my contact who sells art to corporations” my friend Kristine asked me while Vaimo and I were showing her the...
Flowing through Life
I had all intentions of popping in new items into my shop over two weeks ago. To be more specific, I wanted to add a painting I had recently received back...
What a relief (print)
It’s been a long and somewhat confusing week for me body wise. I came home from a very successful artist talk trip to Kansas on Sunday and then promptly left...
The Value of an Education
I’m speaking at the Spencer Museum of Art on the University of Kansas’ campus 3:00pm today! If you’re around and want to join please come, I hope to have a...
The distance between grief and love
Last night, when I couldn’t sleep due to my chronic body pain and the busy whirring thoughts in my head I began scrolling through my photos from most recent...
KCF and the Giant Peach
In fourth grade — let me see if I can do the math — circa 1989 or so, my book report prop was so fantastic it was placed on display in the school library for...
Chimalxochitl Migrations
Among its many nicknames, Kansas is most well known as “The Sunflower State.” According to state lore, the sunflower had a tumultuous path before becoming...
The Return
As I sat down to start drafting this note to you I heard the trill of the Red-winged Blackbird, drifting through structure of the ChicFinn Cottage’s...
A good story
Before I dive in, I just want to say the purpose of this email is to share with you about some paintings that are available for purchase in my shop. If...
Feeling like a teenager again
In February 1998 Young KCF was well into the spring term of her sophomore year. She was dating a senior, which to this day I’m not really sure why or how my...
Freaky Friday Inspo
In the 2003 hit Disney film Freaky Friday starring Jamie Lee Curtis and a teenage Lindsey Lohan, the two exchange bodies and their daily lives in a weird...
The Funk
A lot of people who have never experienced depression mischaracterize it as a sadness for no reason. Perhaps that is the left over definition from the dregs...
Structures & Systems
Systems & Structures I love the opportunity to build a structure and a system to enhance my every day experience. Building a structure and a system into my...
All the Paintings I worked on in 2024
I love an end of year round up, and I applaud the type of person who can stick with the detailing and archiving of a year of whatever interests the writer....
Revisiting 2009 Scholar KCF at Christmas
Listen to the essay narrated by yours truly (click the image) As I was telling the automated robot system the make (Chevrolet), model (Silverado), and year...
The Hope of the Swan
Throughout October and November each year, the small, environmental lake on which we live fills with the sights and sounds of migrating trumpeter swans. We...
Portals and Hauntings
Click on the image above to listen to the essay Hauntings and Portals Vaimo bought me a bouquet, a gorgeous autumn arrangement to commemorate our 11th...
Chimp Obsessions
Please excuse my unusual placement of this upcoming event front and center for your viewing pleasure before I dive into this newsletter’s essay. Over the...
