03 Nov interviewed 2024
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Author: Lorna
11 Jul The Best Way to Have a Birthday
My little ‘painting performance’ was a hit. My 3-year old and 4-year old grand nieces called out a color for me to paint on the blank canvas. But they had to close their eyes and imagine a color before calling the color out to me....
05 Jun Crimson Red Peonies 2024
A month before Alan had that fateful heart attack on the floor at Logan Airport two years ago, he sent me crimson red peony roots. None opened last year. However, two opened today, just moments ago. Here come my beloved peonies, but Alan's first. When...
18 Nov Making the Most of What is in My Control, Accepting That Which is Not
I disappeared this Autumn to one of the more dangerous cases of tic disease, and Lyme. Spent time in outer space of the telemetry unit of the hospital but within the solid walls of family and friends, called 'Angels.' Past two days were warmer so I...
02 Feb Lorna’s responses to “A Concert Conversation”
Lew and Lorna Program Discussion ideas: Intro—conversation about Lew and Lorna’s relationship. How did you meet and how aware have you been of each other’s work? I was the first person Lew met in the Main House at MacDowell Colony when he arrived. I had been picked up...
25 Jan A Concert Conversation: Composer Lew Spratlan and Lorna Ritz
Lew and I have watched and listened to each other's painting/music since 1972, attending each other's exhibitions and concerts over decades. The idea to compose improvisationally from each other's work Lew jumped on board first. Music moves in a linear way and painting, even though...
08 Jul Mount Gretna School of Art, Pennsylvania July 2022 lecture
Beyond Habitual Seeing: A Meditation in Color...