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I don�t know if you have notice or not, but I haven�t been terribly good at getting my work on to FFA lately. I am working, honestly. But running into a few problems. I finished a large piece called �Calendar� which did not come out well from it�s scan. So, I am ignoring it until I can muster up the courage to mess with it on the computer. The second reason I have been remiss is because I am trying out some new ideas.

If you have been looking at my work lately, I have been doing a �words doing their meanings� series. I wanted to take that idea a bit further and try pronouns instead of nouns. I was thinking that if I used the words �he�, �she� and �we�, I could actually try to build a narrative. I would try the best I could to paint a decent painting and hope you the viewer would discern the plot. The words are actually characters and trying to give them time on the �stage� to define that character has been a challenge. So I have done fiv...

Lettering Art by Sid Freeman �After 20 years as a professional calligrapher, I found myself competing with the computer. This was not fun and slowly I worked back to my roots as a painter only this time using those magical sound symbols which make up our speech.� Receiving her MFA from the University of Wyoming and then working in advertising Sid Freeman became enamored with calligraphy. With the help of the Wyoming Arts Council grant money she began to study with many incredible professionals as well as taking workshops from the Colorado Calligraphers� Guild. In 1987 she became self employed and enjoyed doing great jobs like the Wyoming Governor�s Awards and Federal Marshal�s Proclamations. In 1993 she and her husband,...