This past January I lost my adorable, fearless mother,  Gladiola Flowers , at the age of 85. She had an unflappable and enthusiastic spiri...

On a recent Portland, Oregon visit, I dropped in to visit  The Ampersand Gallery on Alberta Street. Owner, Myles Haselhorst always has s...

So the young John Lennon was a fan of early Victorian circus and theater posters. He also found inspiration in an original 1843 poster st...

Old tickets aren't always just yesterday's trash. T he value can be a visual record of their design, or perhaps a record of a sign...

If ever there was a most affable character, it is the exclamation mark! It's no mere line, dot or square, as it can be shapely, ul...

Stencils have long intrigued me as they are one of the oldest and simplest methods of making multiples of images. At the hands of a skille...