California and Haiku
It is the week after Christmas and I am in California. This is where I was born and raised, and where my heart is. I love the sea, the salt air, the palm trees with their ridiculous trunks. I have been journaling. I have been crafting it up in my mom’s extraordinary sewing room, making creatures from socks and parts of socks. Even crafted a sea monster. We have been visiting, drinking tea, eating fabulous meals, watching old family movies and running the dogs on the beach. We went whale watching, and saw no whales, but had our faces in the sea air watching dolphins and their babies,...
Read MoreWords for the Season
I was asked to donate an ornament to Two Hands Paperie, a spectacular paper, book, and art shop in Boulder owned by my friend Mia Semingson, that will be sold as a fundraiser for Meals on Wheels. Because I love Christmas, and all things holiday related at this time of year, I decided to ponder the season and find words to describe all celebrating going on around me. I have friends that celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanza, Solstice, and Diwali, all these can be described with similar words of observance and intention. I made a book to hang on a tree, or any other hanging place. The text paper was...
Read MoreUnder the Influence
Two weeks ago I taught an new class, called “Under the Influence”. It was inspired by four (of the many) artists whose work has influenced mine. There has been so much discussion in social media about copying, learning from, and being influenced by recently. It is a confusing topic for artists just starting out, and apparently for some who have been around a long time. There is a very long tradition of artist’s schools, where a “master” will take in apprentices to learn what he/she knows. The apprentices work can eventually be confused for their masters if they...
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Buy Art, Save Friends!
Starting tomorrow, you can buy art and save a friend from the challenges of Breast Cancer. Cloth, Paper, Scissors Magazine’s editor, Jennifer Mason, asked a bunch of us to do a piece of art that will be sold to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Since I have dear friends and family members that have dealt with this disease, I am highly motivated to help. A few years ago I did the Avon 3-Day walk and raised $4200 for Breast Cancer Research, and had the experience of a lifetime. This time we will raise the big bucks selling art instead of getting blisters! There is a spread...
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