Today I took a trek into the city with my sculptor friend Jonna Ramey to ArtMrkt San Francisco at Fort Mason. Her primary motivation was to see what galleries are presenting and I was along for the ride! It was incredibly stimulating and enlightening. I chose to not photograph anything and frankly thought those who did (mostly with smartphones) were missing out seeing and studying the art with their eyes in real time. Another bonus was just to look at art without identifying publicly as an artist. Perhaps what surprised me the most was how much narrative and (gasp!) sensibility shocking work was present. I have long wanted to create more narrative work but have worried about the market for it.  No worries…
My favorite works were as follows:
Brenda Mallory -sculpts with waxed cloth, nuts, bolts, welded steel . Stunning work and we agreed you’d have to buy all three pieces!
Chris Roberts Antieau- fabric applique with hand-painted frames. These were wonderful primitive/folk art style ‘quilts’ with unbelievable language stitching. The gallery owned by the artist’s son is in New Orleans.
Scott Hove -acrylic and mixed media on wood. His work of cakes and guns reflects the relationship between the beautiful and the brutal….such as Chocolate Mint Massacre. It was both shocking and intriguing.
Rogelio Manzo- oil, image transfer, silk, resin substrate. These pieces had a haunting feeling which just drew me in further.
Ian Berry- denim collage…incredible!
Creativity Explored- outsider art. I was mesmerized by the handwritten TV schedule by Daniel Green
Carolyn Meyer- oil painter- She doesn’t use brush, only trowel. Normally I am not a big fan of big glops of oil paint but this work was truly stunning! Of course familiar SF street scenes made it all the more gorgeous!
We stopped at BooKoo in Mill Valley for Vietnamese street food on the way home…which was fabulous!
A change of scenery, a great day and I’m inspired!
total knee replacements in the past year and a half, the loss of my aged father and my husband’s health issues my muse has hit the road.  I have been able though to do creative bits and pieces here and there but the big work just stares back from the wall. The smaller tasks do not necessarily fill my creative well but get things done.
A funny thing happened on the piece I have been working on for the past month or so. Originally I sketched an idea and made a pattern using the overhead projector. Then one day after sewing one too many curved seams it took a literal 90 degree turn!  Obviously the muse wanted something else to happen here.
pen/ink and watercolor artist, with all of her work being of animals. She was an exceptional equestrian and much of her work reflective of that.
Last week I received exciting news that my work was juried into a new international exhibit (of 25 artists) which will travel 2014-17. I digitally submitted five pieces from my 
I’ve been on a roller coaster the past few weeks in the on
It gave me such a sense of accomplishment and also a HUGE sense of relief because unlike my husband I could care less about making holes in the wall! That’s why they make spackle! Had he been here surely there would have been a disagreement about where to hang which work. Besides most of the holes now have quilts covering them!
my life in little pieces. I am moving fabric around in the studio but not yet standing at the design wall. I am prepping some quick and awesome salads like fresh figs, goat cheese, walnuts and balsamic or fresh tomatoes, lemon cucumbers, goat cheese and balsamic or red cabbage, daikon, carrots, pecans, goat cheese and you guessed it balsamic and EVOO. This dash of creativity makes my tummy happy as my husband continues to do most of the cooking with the menu primarily meat and potatoes. I am blessed to have an in-house cook but miss my usual crunchy foods.
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t noticed that my piece Currents #18 just sold also. Yippee!