Buddhas and Birds and Buddhas Abide

Creating a few exciting mosaics incorporating newly created handmade tiles fresh from the kiln. Preparing for two shows in southern California. The first show is on April 5th here in Santa Barbara at The Frameworks Caruso-Woods Contemporary Art Gallery for their annual Buddha Abides show. The second show is a solo exhibition at The 29…

Mosaic Workshop in Santa Barbara June 7 and 8

The workshop will be held from 10 til 4 on Saturday and from 12 til 3 on Sunday. Everyone will leave the workshop with a finished piece. Bring your own broken pottery or broken tile or use what’s been collected already from the “boneyard”. The Workshop is $175, paypal is preferred… includes all the materials….

Buddhas and Birds

These are some new pieces that will be on exhibit in April at The Creative Center in 29 Palms for a show entitled Buddhas and Birds.   

Acorn Woodpeckers… desert to the sea

Back in Santa Barbara after a lovely weekend in the desert for the Homestead Cabin  Festival at The Palms. The Sibley’s were great. They played a new song… Shari Elf was jam-packed fun and The Hafler Duo sang their desert songs. Many of us got to create Homestead Cabins out of Graham Crackers and other…

Buddha Heads from the kiln …

Some of the new buddhas are adorned with seashells wild-crafted in Santa Barbara. Available at Santa Barbara Arts on Canon Perdido.  

another Mosaic wall in Santa Barbara

My neighbors in Santa Barbara commissioned me to do a mural on their guest room wall. Here it is. Ocean wave, squid, octopus arm, crab… Wave…    

Crows and Oranges

Today I saw a crow fly by our house with an orange in it’s bill. Looked rather odd. It then landed on the telephone poll with its orange.

Kaua’i

Just came back from a ten day trip to Kaua’i.  Lizards, orchids on the Napali Coast. Common Mynahs and Wild Hydrangeas…and tropical deserted cabins.