Are you feeling soft and mushy from taking endless photos of the sakura here in beautiful Tokyo? If so, let me teach you how to transform

In a few weeks my son graduates from Wako elementary school. You can see his school bag here. For the last 11 years our family

Maya Moore, the author of The Rose Garden of Fukushima seems to think roses have special effects. Amazing coincidences keep coming up for her ever

Heart to Heart: A Partners’ Art and Discussion Workshop March 15, April 12 (national holiday) 2:30-4:30 pm Fee: ¥5,000 per couple (Partner = couples, spouses,

As a journalist, a deck of cards helped me become more creative and find more enjoyment from my work. At first it was someone else’s

As I look at these before and after drawings, I am reminded of the power of “a million dollar smile.” A smile makes you smile.

  I love sharing what I’ve learned over the years about rubbing up against the mystery of the drawn and painted object. When we  step

  Yesterday I got back from the quickest and longest trip I think I’ve ever taken in Japan. I took a 7 am bus from

Women’s Genesis Art Retreat in historic Takayama area of Gifu-Prefecture  Awakening Through Intuitive Art  Monday August 11, 5 pm – Friday August 15  noon Special super-low

DRAW WITH LIANE IN  YOYOGI PARK AND CONTRIBUTE TO A GREAT CAUSE! Sunday 6/29 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Liane in collaboration with Intrepid Model

I know it’s hard to believe this–but when I drew the figure on the right I had no awareness of dancer Gaston Gurewitz’s photo on

Contact: liane@axel.ocn.ne.jp These watercrayon drawings, for sale at the 12/2 Design Festa Gallery exhibition “Colors of Nature Exhibition” are part of my collaboration with the

In late September, with the start of a new year in the Jewish calendar, I began a yearlong project to illustrate the Torah with weekly

A recent article in the Guardian about how women get shorted in the art market prompts me to reflect on how I see the situation.

Over the last year and a half I’ve been working on a memoir that I am finally ready to share with my dear friends and

This is an annoying discovery: I think in black and white. I am in the thick of writing a memoir about my nearly 25 year