SWAMPFIRE RETREAT & VISUAL ART
One of my favorite yearly activities is organizing the SwampFire writers and artists retreat with Dawn Burns, an award-winning fiction writer, and Defiance College Professor Emeritus Steve Smith at his pottery studio at 4 Corners Gallery near Angola, IN. In 2024 our retreat took place at H House in Kalamazoo, MI, thanks to The Waters author Bonnie Jo Campbell.
The rustic setting of H House and, before that, the studio "clutter" and Steve's gallery filled with pottery, glass, and metal and stone art have inspired some of my visual art, including the images below and
other SwampFire art I've made over the years.
Fire and Midnight MoonRust in the Summer Green
Update 29 March 2025
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