Between the By-Road and the Main Road

An Offering (M.A. Reilly, 2011) I thought grief was an experience to move through, like a figure walking through calendar pages amass...

Sing to Me (M.A. Reilly, 2017, acrylic, watercolor, pencil, gesso, digital remix) I. It takes a little more than ten minutes to play...

From my art journal, 2017 Faith is the bird that feels the light And sings when the dawn is still dark.                       ...

Night, I (M.A. Reilly, 2008) " On starless nights, one can feel like a loose array of limbs and purpose, and seem smalle...

Some recent painting I have been doing. I have been practicing saying, yes. Instead of listing in my mind the many reasons why I shou...

Morning Light on Lake Como (M.A Reilly, Argegno, Italy, July 2017)   Only Hope remained there in an unbreakable home within under the ...

Sunset at Cinque Terre (MA. Reilly, 2017, Vernazza, Italy) I.  After Rob died the world expanded, felt larger, less familiar. I thou...

Alps (M.A. Reilly, 7.17.17, Hipstamatic App on iPhone)                                   " ...You’re searching, Joe, For thi...

Rob in Montana many years ago. We were on holiday. I think now that my husband was almost always laughing. I. What I mostly know, ...

from my art journal, 2016 I. Acceptance is so inadequate a word. An online dictionary defines acceptance as: willingness to tol...

from my art journal. June 2017. I. On Sunday, after I went food shopping for the week and came home and used the meat that had been i...

painting (May 2017) I.  I was reading a post by Kathleen Sokolowski, The Knowing #SOL17 . I was touched and honored that she ...

Forgive Yourself (M.A. Reilly, 6.3.17) Have I been sleeping? I've been so still   Afraid of crumbling        - Melissa E...

A foggy morning in Leonia, NJ. I was on my way to Manhattan and just had to stop. I was two miles from the GWB entrance. If you are...

Walker Evans, Subway Portrait, 1941, Gelatin silver print, from here . It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, liste...

Part of a two-page spread. Bettina's handmade journal. Last month, when my art journaling group met we created handmad...