One Busy Wall

This is my working wall taken with my iphone. The one behind the light is finished while the rest are in different stages of being done. When they are, I will post them up on the site. And you thought I was slacking!

In the Land of Sugar Plums

This piece is called Body Image which is always an issue this time of year. Actually from Halloween through Valentine's day and then swimsuit time of year. Eeek. Never ends.

My last class was today and it ended with a great critique, margaritas and fun. Looks like my class starting in January is almost booked up. I handed out dollar bills on which I wrote Abundance, Prosperity, Health & Growth so they could forward them on to the universe. Perhaps the world will join in. Yikes, will I be arrested for defacing the dollar bills? Hope not.

Laurie Mika and I now have a piece of each other's work. I love my piece!!!

Eggnog Anyone?

If you subscribe to my e-newsletter, you would have seen this piece that I had blocked in. Currently I am working on this piece, Abundance, and four other 24" x 24" pieces that I hope to have done by New Years.

As artists, I think the hardest thing is finding your voice and growing it to new levels. If you are working on a piece and thinking of how well it will sell - you start losing that voice. You to start to hear the chatter of the galleries, other artists, wall street. So, let's all be true to ourselves this coming year and lift an eggnog (or whatever) to fulfilling our dreams.

Slow Down, Old Man Time

OMG. The Holidays are here and where did most of November go. The Santa Fe Studio Tour held last weekend was a great success and I love meeting new people. Bernie, my newfie, was the biggest hit and lots of people wanted dog hugs.

The work on the new book is going at a steady pace. I dream techniques all night long. What a blast.

This piece, Waiting Patiently, was done in 2006. It is on plexiglas which I am getting back to though in a different way. It takes a different way of thinking as I am working on both sides with paint, transfers and collage. They beauty is the depth and how they glow.

Red Hot

Something bright, something red. My friend's gallery is telling her that they want more red pieces that she does so well. It prompted me to create a red one, Juicy Too, though I normally don't work that hot. It turned out to be a delight to do and for some reason it made me feel like Christmas. Oh my.

Time Flys

Busy getting ready for the Santa Fe Studio Tour on November 14 & 15th. Doing artwork, cleaning studio, organizing. I am sharing my studio for the event with Mary L. Parkes and Linda Filhardt. Last year we ended up with great sales even though we seemed to be doing a lot of partying. Personally, I think people would rather buy art from those who enjoy themselves.

This piece, Maitresse sans visage, has to do with all the old images of people we see. We know what they were wearing, the time period but never their personality or soul.

Dream Time

Sandra and I have started our second book (on surfaces) with the assistance of Bonnie Teitlebaum and we are in Dream Time. It is like being in an creative think tank. Its not just creating different surfaces but pushing the techniques to new levels. It has been a series of OH WOWs. It is amazing how one forgets how much work it is to write a book. The first book we had so much more time but we have a much faster turn around on this one. Whew.

This piece, After Raphael, was just for fun, painting on plexiglas and texturing an old book page.