I’ve decided to be more amazing this year! In this season I look forward to starting new projects, creating new opportunities for students and my followers. I’m not sure when the art festivals will be coming back so I am aiming for more of an online presence….
Front side of 2020! Many of us are just trying to cope with what is being thrown at us day by day. There seems to be shocking news everyday. 3 weeks ago it was like “Ground Hog Day” everyday. Then to the “Truman Show” and currently we are in “Twilight Zone”! We are in the thick of it and trying to get to the other side. The other side of the Corona, the other side of civil unrest, many stressors being thrown at us. It’s wise to turn the news off and focus on what brings joy. Of coarse be…
When you plan for a getaway, do you begin to tell yourself, ” I’m running out of time… I can’t go,… my house, my pets, my plants…. need me everyday”? Yes? No? I do. I always feel a push to get business tasks out of the way and a (constant) pull of tasks that seemingly need to be repeated. So, before I take a much needed time off, I get very stressed trying to cover all my bases. Somehow it all seems to work out. But getting to the finish line can be exasperating. My nine year old granddaughter,…
Here in Tucson, we are in our spring..right now. But don’t blink….for the 90 temps will be here shortly. I have been loving the weather and trying to be out doors as much as possible. Either in my backyard gardening, smelling flowers, admiring the hummers and bees or hiking up in our mountains, I love it all. Sunday’s hike up Pima Canyon: My mosaic workshops and clay classes are in full swing now and the art shows are winding down. I have a few more shows in April and a possible open studio in May. I’m still deciding…
Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas. We are in the thick of the holiday season. It is the perfect time to offer my mosaic workshops for those who would like to give something fun for a Christmas or Hanukkah gift. From January to April, choose from 4 separate workshops. First of all, it is easy. Anyone can do it. It is fun. Do you like fun? I like fun. And it doesn’t take long to find out how you can create a masterpiece within 3 hours time. Which makes you kind of a genius. Taking a mosaic workshop…
The smell of lilacs, fresh cut grass, giant lollipops and laughter in the air are whispers of long ago. Those are happy memories of my birthday.
Well, we are finally having gorgeous down pours on a daily basis here in Tucson. I’m loving it. But man, did we suffer through some hell -type temps to get to this point. My tomatoes are loving the rain too. However, the cantaloupe is a wash. Not one fruit. And I have decided it’s not the heat that affected them. Melons love heat! I believe it’s the lack of bees for pollination. The past three years I have noticed less and less bees. And I am sad about that. So I got to thinking about raising bees in my back…
The past several weeks I have produced larger work for indoors or outdoors. This bench is titled: AGAVE BENCH WITH FLOWER STALKS Handmade tile on a concrete bench 38″ long by 14″ wide by 15″ high with a 3 ” thick top reinforced with rebar Currently at Harlow Gardens, Tucson, AZ I will be at the Moonlight Art Market at Harlow Gardens this Saturday, April 22 from 6:00 to 8:30. This invitational event will have several other artists, live music and refreshments Come join the fun. Click any photo to enlarge. QUAIL TREE OF LIFE MOSAIC Handmade tile placed in…
Tiled garden bench awaits you.
Be Fruitful!
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