Tibetan Thangka Painting

A wedding gift from Joseph and Larry in Sonoma.The thangka is from one of the six largest of the monasteries of the Gelukpa sect – the sect of the Dalai Lama. Manjushri:Manjushri (Tibetan: jam pal yang. English: The Glorious One with a Melodious Voice).The bodhisattva that represents the wisdom of all the buddhas of the…

Wedding Reception

Well, it’s been a long time since I posted anything, except on ravenMAILart…Getting married is time consuming and exhilarating and exhausting. Anyway the images that have been rolling in from the many cameras are now available for viewing on their very own blog. To see the reception pictures, click this California Wedding link. ENJOY !!!…

Buddha Buddha Buddha

Thank you Shirley, Jill, Lindsley, Gam, Gayle and Joan for the beautiful buddha. Shirley heard me say “We need that buddha for our reception” as we browsed the outdoor little India shop on State Street. Shirley got together with the rest of the girls and her family and bought us the buddha as a wedding…

Magical Powers of Ganesh and Yoko PINK spread LOVE

Just had these cards made for my wedding reception that is coming up next week. Ganesh on the front and Yoko’s song on the back. While reading TigerYogi’s blog I noticed he had a dream about Ganesh. Yesterday when the cards I ordered arrived, my husband tells me that he just heard that song on…

East West Gallery Santa Barbara

Neighbors of ours opened a gallery on the east side, called East West Gallery. The current show called The Human Landscape exhibits works by Imogen Cunningham and Herb Ritts and a few other photographers of the time. 10% of the profits go to Pacific Pride. Excellent show!!! East West.

Poppies… look out Dorothy… poppies…. poppies…

After casting poppy seeds to the sky over my garden (Thank you Ruth for the seeds) we now have flowers amidst the watermelon and the roses, between the kangaroo paw and the bachelor buttons and the wild cosmosity.

Mission Alternative Arts Show

This past fourth of July I participated in an annual Santa Barbara show called the 4th of July Old Mission Alternative Art Show. I met a lot of wonderful artists and friendly folk. Here are some pictures of the event and some of my work. Purple and malachite Buddha purchase. Orange and Blue Buddha purchase….

Santa Barbara Arts July Exhibit

The walls at Santa Barbara Arts got painted by Perry last week before the opening on First Thursday. Everyone seems to be enjoying the happy vibration coming from the orange wall.

3 new works for Santa Barbara Arts 1st tHuRsDaY july 3rd

New works are gicleé photographs printed on canvas. Printed by the infamous David Fick in Joshua Tree. Some of the works were manipulated before printing and all were lavished with acrylics and pastels. This is a real departure and fusion evolving and merging mediums. These images were first captured on the Wilcox property on the…