New Works – Mini Paintings

A series of “mini paintings” has just been completed. I am having great fun working with these little gems. Doing 4 to 6 at a time, I am using the same color palette on a set for continuity. Each set has it’s own sense of place and the paintings can be hung together or individually. You can see them at the 14th on 15th Gift Gallery located inside the Art Centre of Plano.

Painting Workshop Completed

Sandi D’Alessandro was in town to teach an acrylic workshop, recently; which, I am very happy to have taken. It was 3 days of inspiration and painting. As artists, we are sometimes stuck in a place where our paintings are not working and we get discouraged. Sandi brought some of her paintings “in progress” and shared her methods for moving ahead and making our paintings our own.

Studio Tour

Our Studio Tour was blessed with wonderful weather again this year. Many people turned out for the annual trek from studio to studio. Some actually made it to all of our studios in one day. That takes perseverance and energy. Patrons expressed great interest in the variety of mediums in which I work. It gave me an opportunity to share my enthusiam wiht them. Thank you!

It is an honor to be associated with the talented group of artists on this tour. If you didn’t come this year, try to make it next year; you won’t be disappointed.

Gallery VIII Studio Tour

It’s time for the annual Gallery VIII Studio Tour! A list of participating artists and a map of studio locations can be found on our web site – Gallery VIII. I hope you will join us to see what we’ve been up to in the past year. We have many new works and new artists joining us. Come out and enjoy a fun day touring our studios.

Gallery VIII Exhibit

The artists of Gallery VIII (including me) have a new exhibit at PFamily Arts in Plano, TX. We have been honored to be the first group to exhibit at the new venue. It will open Friday evening with a concert.

More Wearable Art

Just a Tease of Pink

Just a tease of my latest creation! You can see the necklace on my “Jewelry” page.

New Necklace

There is now a picture of the necklace I made with the polymer clay beads on the “Jewelry” page. Take a look!

Polymer Clay Beads

Polymer Clay Beads

This past week I spent a lot of time making polymer clay beads. Not having made clay beads before, I purchased a wonderful book by Ronna Sarvas Weltman – “Ancient Modern”. What drew me to this book was the organic look of the beads, with beautiful colors and unusual shapes. The picture above shows a sample of the beads that I made. I love holding them in my hands all at one time and moving them around. Now, I get to make some jewelry out of them! More pictures to come…

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog. I’m so glad you dropped by. Here, I hope to have a personal conversation with you about my latest creative endeavors. So come back often to catch up on my activities. For more detailed information about my work and accomplishments, please visit my web site and the Gallery VIII web site. They are listed under the “Links” header.