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December 2016 – a new direction
Very sorry about the way of the 2016 Presidential election, in fact, still reeling in disbelief. The only positive for me personally is that I retreated to the studio and found new energy. The first results follow. (for sale at C’ville Arts Gallery)
“Untitled 11-9-16″ … 8.5″ x 6.5”, mixed glass, ceramic, stones
“Untitled, 11-10-16″ … 8.5″ x 6.5”, granite and marble
“Untitled 11-11-16″ … 8.5″ x 6.5”, smalti and antique glass
“Untitled 11-12-16″ … 8.5″ x 6.5”, marble, granite, glass
The following piece, the first in the Shifting Sands series, has sold.
SHIFTING SANDS 1, 2015 — 12″ x 12″, smalti and millefiori
Now, energized, I have been experimenting with materials and technique. I created the following piece for an upcoming auction of small mosaic works supporting Doctors Without Borders.
“Swish” — 8.5″ x 6.5″, smalti and paua shell
The next piece in the same vein, also available for sale at C’ville Arts Gallery.
“Gathered” — smalti and paua shell
A December 2015 Update
Finally had my only three 2015 pieces photographed…. BLUE RIDGE FALL will ship to its new owners on Monday. Stained glass, 12″ x 18″ SHIFTING SANDS 1, smalti and millefiori, 12″ x 12″… Next piece will be 1A, as I haven’t finished with this thought yet. I am pondering […]
Read More...Itty Bitty Pieces of Stained Glass
Artists who choose to work in mosaic do so for a myriad of personal reasons, but one reason will be shared by each — the selection, placement, and resulting combination of individual materials on a substrate provides the artist and viewer with a sensory experience unlike any other art form. Many artists working in mosaic […]
Read More...Input versus Output
In my post yesterday I mentioned that I am always taking in the images, sounds and impressions of my life, regardless of the noise. My life and your life, these are our personal beings and the spaces we embody. As I was just writing, I noticed the fluttering of trees outside my window, so I […]
Read More...Shifting sands
Funny that it was just ten years ago that I created my first mosaic. Seems like so many more years than ten. Maybe its because I have so many significant life moments happening at once. My real estate work creates every day events. At this time of year, the gardens require every day activity. My relationship with […]
Read More...Still Drifting into Focus
Some ten years ago, I began creating structural elements for a tropical garden in Mexico. At the time, there was all sorts of emotional upheaval in my life… My mother was now in her fourth year with Alzheimers, my father was looking for the unattainable silver bullet, my husband’s mother had died suddenly with a pulmonary […]
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