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New Home
Hello All! I’ve moved! My new site is skylermcgee.com Go to it so see this lovely piece….. This, and many other current pieces are now available to view at my new site. For those of you who have followed my … Continue reading
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To Live with Beauty
This world is brutal. It’s gritty and exhausting and can rip your heart out everyday. It’s also exhilarating, mysterious, resilient, and deeply good. We, each of us, live in the tension of these truths everyday. Part of my work in … Continue reading
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New Work
Hi there, you lovely people. I’d like you to meet someone. This, dear friends, is Cedar Jane McGee. All 7 lbs 6 oz of magic. She came into this world after just five hours of labor, to her tired and … Continue reading
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What I Have Been Making….
Hi there. It’s been awhile. A long while. Rest assured that life is continuing in lovely ways. And that art is happening—MUCH more slowly than normal, but it is happening. So is this: And so without explanation I have been … Continue reading
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On Imperfection
I have told you before that I kind of have a crush on french macaroons. French macaroons are delicate parcels of crunchy/chewy/light/exotic all in one. They have a certain mystique about them, not least because they are incredibly tricky to … Continue reading
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A Birthday Cake
I have already said before that I love cake. I also love birthdays. And I really love baking. This, in my opinion, is a perfect combination. On my birthday I had the excuse (as if I ever really need one) … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday cake, citrus simple syrup, lemon curd, lemon mouse, piping buttercream, plum berry sauce, six layer cake
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What I’ve Been Doing.
Well hello there. It feels like it has been awhile. As I said before, I’ve been hanging out with my painting. One huge painting to be exact. A short time ago I was given a great opportunity for my work. … Continue reading
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Hanging Out with Artwork
There are so many things to tell you. Like how spring is finally here, and how in North Carolina the light green pollen has settled like a dust over everything. And how with this dust comes…..life. And also about how … Continue reading
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Small Things
I am in my studio most days. With the door open, in January. Thanks goodness I live in North Carolina. I noticed yesterday two daffodils growing outside my door. In January. None the less, working conditions are a little chilly, … Continue reading
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Gritty Work
First of all, thanks to everyone who came out to the opening of my show. It was such a joy to see each of you. It filled me up and I went home that night simply brimming with affection for … Continue reading
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