I spoke with Tracy at length recently. She told me that she always had difficulty appreciating landscape painting. Throughout her studies at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design, where she studied glass sculpture, she was attracted more to contemporary abstract art. She later moved to San Francisco and fell in love with Asian art. “It’s amazing how they take the idea of a landscape and bring it to an abstract realm,” Tracy said. “I wanted to take it to a more American pl

Jen McGlashan and her family run Channery Hill Farm in Calicoon Center, New York.  It is one of those mythological, family-owned farms where hard work, an enormous commitment, and a gigantic sense of humor produce delicious, organically grown, healthy vegetables, eggs, and so much more. You may know Jen from her jewelry design company, McFlashpants.  She periodically sells her creations in the artisan markets around the city. Her talents in turning vintage cutlery into wond