by Elisa Stancil | May 15, 2023 | Color Stories
An international decorating team called our studio one afternoon. A Chinese pavilion was being built and the designers wanted to meet about painting the interior. They messengered over the plans. Unrolling the thick plan set, I expected to see a fascinating folly...
by Elisa Stancil | Mar 24, 2023 | Fear Not
Back in the eighties, my corporate boyfriend, now my husband, prompted me to write a purpose and vision statement to define my fledgling decorative art company. My favorite line? “I do this work to keep open a channel for prayer.” This remains a reliable guide. I know...
by Elisa Stancil | Feb 13, 2023 | How to Be Human
The trip to the desert, our last vacation before our wedding, was my idea, an homage to the end of our twenty-two year engagement. Now we’re back home, and as Chuck finishes downloading photos from Death Valley I climb the spiral stair to his tower office and study...
by Elisa Stancil | Nov 23, 2022 | How to Be Human
One summer when I was still a small girl, my father—thin as a crane back then—crouched beside me on a big, flat rock, his arms and knees akimbo. His hand was steady on my shoulder as we watched the American River surge around us. I remember feeling the cold edge of...
by Elisa Stancil | Mar 23, 2021 | How to Be Human
Hello my readers… Instead of writing about equity, love and kindness, today I am posting images from trips to Shanghai and Hong Kong. I have no words to share, because you, my like-minded, caring friends already know in your hearts what I would say about the travesty...
