Magical Midnight Stories, real ones

Posted on February 6, 2010 - Filed Under 2010 Workshops, Creative Exercises, My Work | 3 Comments

My friend Nancy had a stroke last week. She is out of the coma she was in, but it seems to me that she is still not with us. It looks sort of like her, but I think she is on vacation, trying to figure it out. Her hospital room is devoid of flowers, but [...]

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I am Here

Posted on December 12, 2009 - Filed Under About me, My Work | 1 Comment

I am once again tinkering with maps, navigation and figuring out a precise mental GPS for my whereabouts.

This is a canvas, painted with plaster and stamped with metal letters. I painted it with sumi after it was dry, then sanded and  scratched back some areas. Meanwhile, I painted and stamped art tissue, then collaged that [...]

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My Memorial

Posted on May 26, 2009 - Filed Under My Work | 10 Comments

Yesterday was Memorial Day, and I have someone to remember. His name is Roger Cobb Hallberg, and his name was on the POW bracelet I wore as a teenager. While I was dating and going to Disneyland, he was fighting, and then disappearing, in the jungle maze of Vietnam. A brave young newlywed just vanished.
For [...]

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