STATEMENT Recently a fellow creative caught me off guard. We were engaged in casual conversation and he asked me what I consider the dreaded question: “Hey, I just want to ask if you can explain your artist philosophy. Do you have any universal themes throughout your work?” Ugh. I had a headache that day and […]
Restoration
noun When you want to do it right, you do it yourself. That’s what my Mother used to say and I’ve had many opportunities of late to test the theory. Over the course of 15 months, I had the amazing experience of re-imagining and renovating 2 separate spaces for Skep Space. Both were old homes […]
Triptych
In my initial post, I wrote that I picked a theme for 2024 that I call “Find the Joy’. Admittedly, it’s sad that I have to set a goal like this. Sometimes I fall into bad habits and need to allow myself some fun. All the pieces are in place in my life: job, family, […]
Why Skep?
“Unlike Aristotle’s patrons who would do anything to have a say in the sex determination of their offspring, queen bees mastered the art of sex selection millions of years ago. The queen bee herself can make the royal decision of whether to lay an egg that will turn into a female worker bee or a […]
It is the last day of 2023, a momentous year for Skep Space, and a fitting time to post our first blog entry, something we’ve imagined for months. No time like the present, as this time between Christmas and New Year’s is a natural break in the rhythm of my teaching and family life. One […]