Flowers Die and Boats Depart

Sketches are "the state of the heart"      

The House Across The Alley

The Mermaid Re-turns To Herself

Bound To Improve

Another Old Town Sketch

Sketched in Old Town

Tiny Bather

Part of a developing Series based on childhood photos and photos of my hands.  See "Tiny Dancer"

Weekend Monotypes

 Spent a great weekend at the Fallbrook School of Arts taking a monotype class from Amber George.  Here are some results.  I like 'em!

                      Jellyfish and Mermaids

 See more on Flickr

Ladies of the Garden

This "one foot" painting was accepted for the  show opening July 30 at San Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park!  First submitted in February, now second try successful.  This inspires me to submit something for every show, even if previously rejected.  Is my cocoon leaking?

Dabstractions

Another Creek Sketch

Encaustic - Day 2

This was a great class.  I learned a lot and the teacher, Jan Harris, is excellent.  She was subbing for Judy Wise who is ill.  There were only five of us in the class, of equal art experience.  Sweet!

Mixed Media Encaustic!

I love it!  Here's what I did in class today.
Tomorrow we learn more ways to do it.  I like the magpie, but the crossword bugs not so much. I may work on that some more to tone it down, change the values, something...

Postcards from Idyllwild

Fauna (acrylic)

Flora (pen)

Fishy Felt

i made the design with wool roving, then sloshed hot, hot water on it, then wrapped it in a cocoon of bubble wrap & net around a plastic floating tube, THEN rolled it and rolled it and rolled it with my forearms, squishing all the water out and miraculously binding the wool tightly together in one piece (hard work), then rinsed it and threw it on the ground five times, then dried it in the sun and that's more than you wanted to know about Wet Felting.  Now the idea is to embroider it flamboyantly and add bling.  I kind of like it the way it is - softly felt.

On Vacation...

...here at Squirrel Inn.  Took a class at Idyllwild Arts Campus yesterday: Wet Felting, taught by, of course, Jane La Fazio.  I did a "fishy" thing that needs lots more embellishing. I'll post it soon and again when it's finished.

Tiny Dancer

One part of an experiment with childhood photos and an Xray of my hand - an approach toward reconciliation.

My Mask 1 - Peace Weaver

This piece was toppled by the Easter earthquake.  Suffered some brain damage.  Restoration is in progress.

To hear and not judge;

To love without controlling;

These are Peace Lessons

I teach and learn.

My Name is Peace Weaver.

I am formed of Earth and Water.

I breathe deeply

for the Breath of Life is Sweet.

My Earth is covered with the Seeds of 

Amaranth,

symbols of Undying Love.

My  Waters shelter Mermaids

who dive for Treasure

in the Caves of the Unconscious,

where life’s shipwrecks hide old bones

and Wisdom Pearls rise to the surface.

I reflect the Broken Patterns;

My tears are Crystal Prisms;

I speak Gently of Metamorphosis.

Wires of Communication 

spiral around me.

I See your Music;

I Hear your Beauty;

With what you bring,

We make Peace.

Feeling Silly

The porcupine is very cute

to meet him you must wear a suit

of armor

or he'll harm yer

 a turtle or an artichoke?

I thought so too

until it spoke!

One emotion

of the ocean

Did I Ever Show You...

...my sculpture?  Probably not.  Here is the last piece I tried.  It's supposed to be me.  I destroyed it a looong time ago.  As the old saying goes: I should have quit while it was a head.  I now realize that although it didn't look like me to me, it wasn't half bad.