Joshua Tree Natl. Park 75th Anniversary exhibit.

I received this email this morning: Perry, Thank you for your participation in the Joshua Tree National Park 75th Anniversary photo contest. The quality of the entries was impressive, as was the level of public participation in both the contest and the judging process! We are planning to acknowledge all of our photographers and wind…

New ©lÅ¥ and a new pØstcard arrives…

Slip casting in the desert is not without it’s challenges. The Buddha fountain is keeping the porcelain drying at a bit slower pace… this is a good thing. Preparing for Hwy 62 Art Tours… cranking the creative wheel… here is a preview… ENJOY

new pØSt©Å®d backs… and ONE front

Here you will see the BACKS of some new postcards… underway here… And one full frontal Verdin nest building, postcard FRONT… can you follow me? CLICK to ENLARGE images

2011 is here and NOW

January 1, 2011 I installed an address panel for knife-maker and culinary expert, Don Carlos Andrade in Los Osos, California. On  February 12 and 13 I’ll be hosting a Mosaic Workshop in the desert. March first I have a solo show at the 29 Palms Art Gallery, featuring mainly mosaics and some photo-montage work as well.First…

1st Place in Latination II

an amazing evening in Bakersfield at Metro Galleries. First place cash prize and red dot for my mosaic that sold that evening!

Summer mØsaic work∫hop in ∫anta ßarbara

Come join me for an exciting and SMASHING time in ∫anta ßarßara making a mosaic from all the broken pieces… Be guided and inspired with Perry’s experience and color sense… you’ll be ON your WAY !!! Only $150 for a two day workshop, lunch included on Saturday. Finished by noon on Sunday with a finished…

Then there was the impaled finch we noticed on the cactus.

Quite startling to be sitting in the living room in wonder valley and see a bird impaled on a cactus.I don’t find the image gruesome as there is some perfect sense of balance in how it was temporarily froZen in time with feathers splayed ever so.