Muskrat Studio Projects
Visual Arts Projects, The Poetry Project, Fine Antiques
Hi, I am Barbara Pease. Muskrat Studio is my creative haven. It is here I work. I am an artist, a poet and a collector. From time to time I sell off parts of my collections on eBay as muskratdeals. I am currently engaged in photography and poetry. I publish haiku and micropoetry on Twitter as muskratchatter and on my blog, also as muskratchatter. This website tells my story, and shows samples of my work. To see my portfolio just click on the "Portfolio Gallery" tab above or just click here. If you hover over the gallery tab you will see the drop down menu. This year I am participating in the Greater Ithaca Art Trail showing photography and giving visitors a tour of my studio where they may learn more about my work. If you select the Greater Ithaca Art Trail link you may return to this page with your browser back button.
I now have time to work full time as an artist, a photographer and a poet. That makes me very happy. When I was working and supporting a family, I told people, "I have some fun hobbies." I secretly longed to work full time as a visual artist and a poet, but I didn't want to impoverish my family during the time it would take to establish myself. As a retired senior scientist, I can now devote much more time to what grew over the years into an avocation, where I kept sketching, sculpting, painting and shooting pictures in my free time. I did write some poetry, too, but no where near what I am writing and reading now as I develop the direction of my poetic voice and form.