My Tribute to International Women’s Day I started working on this piece while living in France. I was taking a break from my normal life near Versailles to go to the coastal town of Houlgate in Normandy. I had use of a small apartment that overlooked a pasture full of contented cows. Women in …
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Current Year Calendar 2021 Cover Art: Ice Cave ©2020 I enjoy starting each new year with a new calendar. I have been creating calendars for the past ten years. You will see several here starting with the current year 2021 which focuses mainly on my themes of climate awareness and urban landscape. When I returned …
This mixed media piece, Statute of Liberty was completed in Colorado for gallery art show with Maureen May in Durango, Colorado I had made a number of mixed media pieces that depicted various cities. Statute of Liberty represented New York but was a large portrait of the head of liberty with the crown depicting the …
In 2010 I had a large solo show titled “Water Defined” at the East Bay Municipal Utility District in Oakland, California. The venue was wonderfully large with 3 tall, long and wide walls. It was a wonderful space to see art as you could see it close up or from a distance by looking over …
When I returned to the USA after a number of years living in France, I had a solo show in a brick walled cafe in Pueblo, Colorado. I called it Wind, Wings and Wheels so I thought it would be fun to put it together again. The image above now lives in Washington DC. I …
The mixed media piece, Observateur was completed in Colorado the year before I moved back to California. I leave it open to viewers of this art piece how to interpret it. However, this is what I was thinking: The light color and texture represents the arid climate. I have one figure who is observing the …
Butterflies have fascinated me for many years. I also think of them as an emerging spirit. Seeing the enormous quantity of butterflies near Iguassu Falls had me create several different takes on on the butterflies around Iguassu Falls. Above is piece 38 of 50 pieces that I made so each one stood on its own …
I have had many adventures in Moscow. I traveled there first during the cold war. On that first trip, I was explaining to a friend what my aunt had told me about Communism, it was “From each according to his ability and to each according to his need.” The tour guide turned around and told …
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I had the extreme good fortune of finding the Sun Gallery in Hayward. It was one of those love at first encounter affairs. A friend had me join her as she had an artist quilt maker friend taking part in a wonderful exhibit in 2016. I loved the work, loved Niambi’s quilts and enjoyed the …