Around the time of the Year Turning, between Solstice, January first and my birthday, I light candles, review accomplishments, deepen friendships and plan for the future.

The planning for the future portion always brings me back to my collection of forty-eight Chaconne Series thumbnail sketches, only three inches square each, folded together into cycles of twelve, so I can more easily follow the transitions between individual drawings. I unfold the sections of twelve thumbnails into a big block on my studio floor so I can study the whole sequence together.

After many months of research, design, and inevitable delays, my new website is finally finished.

As you can see from the photo above, a delicious celebration is being planned for those involved in its creation.  My thanks to Linda Campbell of Campbell Design for the elegant page design and good-natured coordination of a myriad of tedious details, and to audio/technical whiz David Bilides for helping with stubborn coding issues and posting the musical excerpts on the “About Bach’s Chaconne” page. I think you will enjoy this site’s unusual and striking combination of visual and musical artistry.

I just do the art and by comparison, my job is easy.

I have been saving this bottle for just the right time, and that time would be…now!