A few weeks ago I had the great pleasure of sitting with a cup of tea and Kass Hall's new book, Zentangle Untangled. It's lovely! Kass is a blogging friend and when she asked if I'd be part of her blog hop for promoting the book, of course I said YES! You can find out more … Continue Reading
This sunrise last week had me stepping out onto the back patio in my slippers and just gawking, slack-jawed as the sky caught fire. Truly awe inspiring. I felt very small in a very signifcant way, humbled to witness this fire in the winter landscape. When I move to town in March I will … Continue Reading
This is the last of the iPod/iPhone cases that I am stitching up for the upcoming… …Two Potters and Friends show in a few weeks. It may seem to many that November 4 is in a land far, far, away called…fall…but I am here to tell you that is upon us!! And all this stitching … Continue Reading
I know I've been off the blogging radar for a bit, but I've been busy! Gathering, thinking, plotting, scrounging, laying out – all the good stuff – getting ready for a show in November with the lovely ceramic artist, Rita Vali. More on the Two Potters and Friends show later in the fall. But it's … Continue Reading
I finished a journal up this weekend. I jump around in them, so it sometimes takes me a while. This one I started in February at the PLAY retreat and finished with my Taos trip. I made another one so I'd not be without one – they've been sitting together on my work table, … Continue Reading
"The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all." – Julia Margaret Cameron I had the great pleasure of spending a week in Taos this summer. Drawing. Exploring the lines created by … Continue Reading
The Auction to Benefit Oaxaca Street Chidren Grassroots is open and in full swing. This is the painting that I have up for auction. It is a mixed media collage/painting on a 12" X 12" museum profile frame – with a nice 2" thick edge. My painting, "La Noche", and many other beautiful pieces are … Continue Reading
I just finished up a new triptych of work for the "Awakenings" show at Patti Burton's Rabid Rabits Galeria in Longmont. I have been swirling the idea of combining collage with the watercolors that I've been experimenting with since my return from PLAY in January. The vintage postcards I've had in my stash began to call … Continue Reading
Wednesday was the perfect day for baking – rainy and cloudy – and so I headed up to Lisa's house for a little bake off. Lisa turned me onto this wonderful book by food blogger extraordinaire, David Lebovitz. The best kind of armchair travel for a cold and windy spring. The Sweet Life In Paris sweeps you … Continue Reading
I've just put the finishing touches on my story submission for the Fiction Project, the sister project to the Sketchbook Project. Open to all, "The Fiction Project is an opportunity to tell stories in a different way by fusing text and visual art. Add your voice to this year's coast-to-coast tour and create new work … Continue Reading