I am grateful to have had the opportunity to go to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, in this Marian month of May, to view a drawing that has been close to my heart for a long time. The drawing was, Head of a Veiled Woman, Looking Down, by Bernardino Lanino, Vercelli, Italy, 1540. Thank you to Olivia Giampietro, assistant registrar at the museum. The drawing was not currently on display, so she took us into the collection storage vault and informed us that the drawing was a gift to the museum...

Thank you Anna Hennessey for including my art and a description in your article last month! ​Using Images as Tools During Pregnancy and...

I painted this piece five years ago and find myself reflecting upon it during the pandemic, as it promises that season of rebirth and...