Starting Backwards

My recent trip to the desert was very inspiring. There is much to share about the Mosaic Workshop and the Homestead Cabin Festival. The week aside, I drove, returning, to the other home in Santa Barbara through pouring rain, when suddenly in Pasadena at the Sierra Madre exit my car, in the second to the…

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.

Wonder Valley Homestead Cabin Festival

In February 2008, I will be participating with 3 very talented artists, Chris Carraher, Scott Monteith and Bob Arnett in a celebration to bring awareness of the beauty, history and free interpretations the Wonder Valley homestead cabins bring to our senses. February 9, 2008, save the date!!! For more information click this CABIN. Here is…

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.  

Cacti in Santa Barbara

A beautiful garden blooms in Santa Barbara on Clearview. The days are brisk and SUNNY. The sky is blue. Winter at the beach in California .  

Lecture @ Copper Mountain College

My dear friend, artist and kindergarten pal, Jack Carr, better known as Jackadandy is giving a lecture at Copper Mountain College in Joshua Tree. She is using four of my photographs as a visual aid. Here is a brief synopsis of her lecture and the photos she is using. The title of the presentation is –…

Mosaic Workshop in Wonder Valley January 19th and 20th 2008

Yes friends, it is time to sign up again for another incredibly fun weekend at my studio in Wonder Valley for a Mosaic Workshop. You can bring your own collection of special broken pottery and also use the amazing collection of broken bits in the “boneyard”. I will supply all the tools, nippers, grout and tile…

New Paint for the new tile… at my neighbor’s house.

MagentaRaven helped assist in the colors and the painting for the new mosaic we did next door. The brown paint is called Galvanized by Ralph Lauren. It is remarkable and made everything look like mahogany. My client wanted espresso, I found Galvanized. 

happy halloween

A pumpkin from a house in SB doing a fund raiser for a food bank.