In selecting a home and studio location was primary. My second consideration was "can I make art here?".

My house was originally designed as a studio by Glastonbury, Connecticut artist Laurilla A. Smith in 1853 and completed by her family in 1857. Ms. Smith passed away before she was able to realize its potential and I am the first artist to actually engage the property fully as a site for fine art and horticulture.

The garden is key and is also my home base where I can readily explore my palate. Energy and design must flow from house to garden so that my essential thrust to create and enhance an artist's life is experienced.

And ..... take time to stop and smell the roses.