Words from a friend
February 2, 2022
In a warm but firm rejoinder to a world addicted to spectacle, Shelley Zentner’s landscapes quietly insist that the most majestic power on Earth is not born of human effort, but instead resides in what the poet Dylan Thomas called “the force that through the green fuse drives the flower.” She discovers that force in …
Everyday Magic
December 21, 2022
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about magic. I don’t mean, ‘Pulling a rabbit from the hat’ type of magic, but the kind of everyday magic that is the mystery of existence. I catch glimpses of it through the bathroom window while I’m brushing my teeth. I sense it when I notice a seedling has …
LuxVerity’s Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
September 7, 2022
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An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child (After Bonnat)
May 17, 2022
Oil on Linen32 x 24″ I saw the original of this painting by Léon Bonnat at the Metropolitan Museum in New York in 2015, soon after breast cancer and radical hysterectomy surgeries. It was a transformational time for me on many levels. Walking through the museum in a heightened emotional state, I felt keenly sensitive …
Portrait Demo #1
May 1, 2022
Tahoe Weekly
May 1, 2022
When the Caldor Fire ripped through the south side of the Tahoe Sierra last summer, it burnt more than 221,000 acres of forest between Grizzly Flats and Echo Summit and on both sides of Christmas Valley. It was a scary time for residents when the smoke-filled skies and erratic weather caused another layer of uncertainty for people …
Charcoal
April 29, 2022
After the Caldor fire of 2021, our landscape was changed forever. We now live in the green heart of a burnt forest, miraculously saved by the wind and relentless firefighting. We were evacuated for three weeks. Christmas Valley was saved, but sadly other communities such as Grizzly Flats were completely destroyed. I watched a mushroom …