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LA Art Notes, where I post short essays and photos of my work to illustrate each theme. These are categorized under three broad headings, Personal, Creative Response to Current Events, and Inspirations and you are invited to browse through all the topics. I’d especially love your feedback on the essays, the images, or both.

Personal

Mismatched Expectations

I am fortunate to be enrolled in a three part art making opportunity at the Di Rosa Center for Art in Napa. Our first visit, we viewed works by Viola Frey and Squeak Carnwath, none of which I had seen before.  Mismatched Expectations is a mashup of inspirations from five works we saw there. Here are the results…

Creative Response to Current Events

Static Motion and LocoMotion

These paired works started as an exploration of stillness and dynamism. It wasn’t until afterwards that I realized that both germinated subconsciously as a story of frustration around sheltering in place for a year…

Current & Past Articles

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I am fortunate to be enrolled in a three part art making opportunity at the Di Rosa Center for Art in Napa. Our first visit, we viewed works by Viola Frey and Squeak Carnwath, none of which I had seen before.  Mismatched Expectations is a mashup of inspirations from five works we saw there. Here are the results...
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I have been pondering how individuals can make a difference. Here are some preliminary ideas.
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This November, I am excited to be making my curatorial debut at Abrams Claghorn Gallery. I am honored to be joined by four respected artist colleagues–Elizabeth Addison, Salma Arastu, Marguerite Elliot, and Vicki Gunter–who have each built a rich body of work addressing environmental concerns.
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A recent source for collage elements is an old photography magazine from the early 1960s containing black and white art photos of people and animals. Many of the photos feature nude models who fit the beauty aesthetic of the time...
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My garden looks a mess. Fallen leaves, tangled branches, winter buds, spent and spotted leaves, remnants of flowers and fruit, and traces of foraging raccoons and squirrels. If you can’t beat ‘em… join them. Lots of fodder for art!
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Call it land art, graffiti, urban blight or environmental vandalism. I call it “art of opportunity”...
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Over the last months, I have been preparing artwork that is meant to conjure water for a juried exhibition titled SHIMMER: The theme of the show is inspired by a quote from Toni Morrison, who wrote “All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” ...
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The curators of Dollhouse: Art as Serious Play honored me with a request to create an art dollhouse from a pre-fab cardboard structure. Here is a little bit about my process It was so much fun!
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Dollhouse: Art as Serious Play has deep personal resonance for me. I wrote this article for the exhibition catalog, as well as creating a new dollhouse for the exhibit at ARC Gallery Jan 15-Feb 19, 2022.
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Inspirations
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“In the Garden” Collage Series

My garden looks a mess. Fallen leaves, tangled branches, winter buds, spent and spotted leaves, remnants of flowers and fruit, and traces of foraging raccoons and squirrels. If you can’t beat ‘em… join them. Lots of fodder for art!

“In the Garden” Collage Series

My garden looks a mess. Fallen leaves, tangled branches, winter buds, spent and spotted leaves, remnants of flowers and fruit, and traces of foraging raccoons and squirrels. If you can’t beat ‘em… join them. Lots of fodder for art!

“In the Garden” Collage Series

My garden looks a mess. Fallen leaves, tangled branches, winter buds, spent and spotted leaves, remnants of flowers and fruit, and traces of foraging raccoons and squirrels. If you can’t beat ‘em… join them. Lots of fodder for art!

The Great Wave

Over the last months, I have been preparing artwork that is meant to conjure water for a juried exhibition titled SHIMMER:

The theme of the show is inspired by a quote from Toni Morrison, who wrote “All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” …

Perspective

Art of Opportunity

Call it land art, graffiti, urban blight or environmental vandalism. I call it “art of opportunity”…